Vocabulary unit 1 lesson 2
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blueside495 on September 11, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acidulous (a sij oo les) | somewhat acid or sour. |
| avaricuous (av e rish es) | excessively greedy. |
| balevul (bal fel) | deadly; sinister |
| bellicose (bel e kos) | warlike;of a quarrelsome nature. |
| bilious (bil yes) | bad-tempered; bitter. It comes from the French word bilis ("bile"), the fluid secreted by the liver. |
| bumptious (bump shes) | arrogant; disagreeable conceited. |
| captious (kap shes) | critical; quick to find fault; quibbling |
| churlish (churl ish) | rude; surly. This adjective comes from the "churl", the old word for a peasant. |
| complaisant (kem plaznt) | willing to please; tending to consent to others' wishes. |
| contrite (ken trit) | crushed in spirit by a feeling of guilt. |
| convivial (ken viv e el) | festive; sociable. |
| craven (kra ven) | cowardly. |
| debonair (deb e ner) | courteous, gracious and having a sophisticated charm; suave; urbane. In Old French the words were de bon aire ("of a good race or breed"). |
| dyspeptic (dis pep tik) | grouchy; gloomy; a person who suffers from dyspepsia or indigestion. |
| lachrymose (lak re mos) | sad; mournful; inclined to shed many tears. |
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