Collins wk20
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maddierelyea on April 1, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 artful (adj.) | slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky |
| fulminate (v.) | to explode with a loud noise |
| querulous (adj.) | complaining, irritable |
| coruscate (v.) | to emit or reflect bright beams or flashes of light |
| malleable (adj.) | capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal; adaptable; pliant |
| risible (adj.) | arousing or provoking laughter |
| definitive (adj.) | most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive |
| peremptory (adj.) | leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
| solecism (n.) | nonstandard grammatical usage; a violation of grammatical rules |
| doggerel (n.) | a comic verse of irregular measure |
| polyglot (n.) | a speaker of many languages; multilingual |
| timorous (adj.) | full of fear, timid |
| facet (n.) | aspect, phase |
| primordial (adj.) | developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
| vociferous (adj.) | clamorous, noisy |
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