1100 Week 40
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 augment | increase, enlarge |
| cant | insincere or almost meaningless talk |
| clique | small, exclusive group of people |
| contort | twist violently |
| elucidate | to make clear |
| extol | praise highly |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| fatuous | inane, foolish, silly |
| imperceptible | extremely slight or gradual |
| lassitude | weakness, weariness |
| magnanimous | noble, generous |
| mentor | tutor, counselor, coach |
| proximity | nearness |
| repertoire | works that an artist is ready to perform |
| rhetoric | use (sometimes exaggerated) of language |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| unwieldy | difficult to handle, bulky |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting |
| vilify | slander, malign |
| vitiate | destroy the use or value |
| "to live in a fool's paradise" | to be happy without a real basis |
| "the sum and substance" | the heart or substantial part |
| "on pins and needles" | to be on edge, jumpy |
| "to have at one's fingertips" | to have ready, to have a thorough knowledge |
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