Vocab Week 5
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MabbyAshton on February 20, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 digress | v: to stray from the main subject |
| discerning | adj: keenly perceptive, shrewd |
| discount | v: to deduct, to disregard |
| diva | n: an opera singer, prima donna; a temperamental, conceited person |
| docile | adj: easily taught, submissive |
| dogmatic | adj: arrogantly assertive, positive about unproven ideas |
| dormant | adj: as though asleep, not actively growing |
| dupe | v: to deceive, to trick |
| depreciate | v: to lessen in value, to belittle |
| desecrate | v: to treat with disrespect |
| destitute | adj: very poor, totally lacking |
| diatribe | n: a denunciation, a biting speech |
| didactic | adj: instructive, intended to educate |
| diffuse | adj: not concentrated; v: to spread widely |
| ebb | v: to decline, to recede |
| precept | n: a rule or principle to guide conduct |
| preclude | v: to make impossible, to shut out, to bar |
| pretentious | adj: showy, self-important, making unjustifiable claims to excellence |
| prolific | adj: marked by abundant production or offspring |
| prosaic | adj: dull, unimaginative, lacking excitement |
| provincial | adj: limited in outlook, narrow in ideas |
| prudent | adj: careful, cautious |
| quaint | adj: pleasantly old-fashioned, picturesque |
| pivotal | adj: crucial, something around which things turn |
| placate | v: to soothe, to appease with concessions |
| plausible | adj: believeable |
| poignant | adj: emotionally moving |
| polemic | n: a powerful argument to defend a thesis |
| quell | v: to put an end to, to squelch, to calm |
| quintessential | adj: the most perfect example of |
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