Lesson 17
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdicate | to renounce to give up on power |
| afoot | developing; in the process of happening |
| aggregate | sum; total; whole amount |
| aplomb | handling something with confidence |
| barb | a critical or caustic remark |
| buffoon | a clown; a silly or stupid person |
| chide | to voice disapproval; to scold |
| chortle | to chuckle from extreme happiness |
| decry | to speak against; to rail against; to disparage |
| deference | going along with wishes of another |
| effrontery | extreme boldness; audacity |
| egocentric | self-centered; selfish |
| firebrand | a person that stirs up trouble |
| fission | slitting into parts |
| galling | very irritating |
| galvanize | to stimulate or excite |
| harbinger | something that precedes or forecasts |
| harbor | to give shelter or refuge |
| immunity | having resistance |
| impale | to pierce; to fix on a pointed instrument |
| largess | generous giving |
| lassitude | feeling of weariness |
| mellow | pleasing; mild |
| noxious | harmful; unwholesome |
| obfuscating | confusing; unclear |
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