Vocab 7
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Twilderbeast on May 11, 2011
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Draconian | severe, harsh, cruel |
| Enigma | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained/ obscure speech |
| Egregious | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible |
| Fractious | unruly/ troublesome |
| Gregarious | seeking and enjoying the company of others |
| Charlatan | fraud/ imposter/ fake |
| Subterfuge | A deceptive stratagem or device |
| Spoonerism | transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words |
| Sultry | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity/ hot with passion |
| Nugatory | of no real value/ of little or no consequence |
| Sanguine | a blood red color/ impulsive/unpredictable |
| Capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| Portmanteau | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings |
| Neologism | a newly invented word or phrase |
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