Flashcards: Vocab Quiz
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berniebrug1 on February 21, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dilatory | adj. tending or intended to cause delay |
| laudable | adj. worthy of praise; commendable |
| meretricious | adj. of or relating to a prostitute; falsely attractive |
| insidious | adj. awaiting a chance to entrap; treacherous |
| ineffable | adj. incapable of being expressed in words |
| incessant | adj. continuing or following without interruption, unceasing |
| truculent | adj. fierce; cruel, savagely brutally harsh |
| magnanimous | adj. showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit; someone who is awesome |
| rancor | n. bitter deep- seated ill will |
| vicarious | adj. serving instead of someone or something else; substitutionary |
| interminable | adj. having or seeming to have no end; wearisomely drawn out |
| redolent | adj. exuding fragrance; aromatic; reminiscent |
| surmise | v. form a notion on slight proof; guess; to draw a conclusion from clues |
| corroborate | v. confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding |
| garrulous | adj. excessively talkative; loquacious |
| commensurate | adj. corresponding in size or degree; in proportion |
| pander | v. to provide gratification for others' desires |
| elocution | n. a style of speaking especially in public |
| solidarity | n. unity (as of a group or a class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards |
| superfluous | adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; extra; not needed |