T&B(day 1) - reading vocab
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hardy | bold, audacious |
| jingoistic | extreme chauvinism or nationalism |
| dogmatic | expression of opinions very strongly |
| polemical | controversial, disputatious |
| surmise | guesswork, conjecture |
| missives | epistle, letter |
| absolved | set free, exculpate, exonerate |
| perpetuate | eternalize, immortalize |
| arrest | check, seize, capture |
| enshrine | preserve or cherish as sacred |
| vindication | set free |
| contingency | possibility |
| reprimand | reprove, censure, criticize |
| subvert | overturn, overthrow, ruin |
| belabor | explain or insist on excessively |
| retraction | draw back, withdraw, disavow |
| miniscule | very small |
| salutary | remedial, curative, healthful |
| laud | praise |
| resuscitate | revitalize, revive |
| flout | scorn, scoff |
| relinquish | give up, abdicate, abjure |
| cleaving to | to adhere firmly or closely, stick |
| eschew | shun, escape from |
| indelible | irremovable, un-washable |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed; indescribable |
| inscrutable | not readily interpreted or understood |
| dismantle | take to pieces, destroy |
| upstart | one that has risen suddenly; parvenu |
| undercut | to undermine or destroy |
| exude | to ooze out, spread out in all directions |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time, gradually |
| meteoric | sudden, speedy brilliance |
| transitory | wandering, nomadic, moving |
| mercurial | capricious, fickle, moody |
| holistic | relating to wholes or complete systems |
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