VPP book 2 lesson 11
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kaojingying on February 25, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 epistle | n. a letter or literary composition in letter form |
| avid | adj. enthusiastic; extremely interested syn: voracious; eager ant: apathetic |
| gadfly | n. an irritating and persistent person syn: nuisance; pest |
| humility | n. absence of vanity; humbleness syn: modesty ant: vanity; arrogance |
| dolorous | adj. exhibiting sorrow or pain syn: mournful ant: joyous |
| gargantuan | adj. of huge or extraordinary size and power syn: gigantic; huge ant: tiny |
| arduous | adj. difficult; requiring much effort syn: strenuous; laborious ant: easy; unchallenging |
| affable | adj. friendly; agreeable; easy to talk to syn: amiable; good-natured ant: diagreeable; irascible |
| grandiloquent | adj. pompous or high-flown in speech syn: pretentious ant: plain-spoken |
| agrarian | adj. concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land syn: agricultural ant: urban; industrial |
| grimace | n. a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain syn: scowl ant: smile |
| harangue | n. a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture syn: tirade |
| formidable | adj. arousing fear or awe syn: intimidating |
| sycophant | n. a flatterer; one who fawns on others in order to gain favor syn: toady ant: contrarian |
| explicit | adj. clearly and openly stated; leaving nothing to the imagination syn: exact; precise ant: ambiguous; vague |
| cosm | root world; universe |
| cred | root believe |
| ic; id | sufffixes of; like |
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