Eng.II - Review Ch. 17 and 19
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jeffsetzer on March 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 congenial | sociable; friendly |
| flippant | rude; not serious enough |
| impasse | a deadlock; a dead end |
| perception | view; insight gained through observation or experience |
| prompt | to motivate; to urge into action |
| prone | inclined; likely to do something |
| rapport | a close relationship |
| rationale | the reason for doing something |
| relentless | persistent; not giving up |
| reprisal | revenge; payback |
| benign | (adj) kindhearted |
| blase | (adj) unexcited |
| comprise | (v) to be made up of; to include |
| condescend | (v) to lower oneself; to do something you feel you're too good for |
| facade | (n) front (usually of a building) |
| glib | (adj) smooth; kind of cheesy |
| haughty | (adj) snobbish |
| libel | (n) a printed falsehood; something slanderous and untrue |
| pseudonym | (n) a false name |
| redundant | (adj) repetitious; repeating information that was already given |
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