vocab lesson 7
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allioop1028 on February 4, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe |
| accolade | praise, an award |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury |
| bequeath | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will |
| charlatan | one who claims to know somehing that he does not, a quack |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
| diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible |
| expunge | to remove, to erase |
| guile | deceitfulness, duplicity |
| implausible | not believable |
| incongruity | noncomformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| insularity | qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion |
| morose | being suller or gloomy |
| placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions |
| poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impule |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| toxic | poisonous |
| vigilant | very alert, watchful |
| voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib |
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