Mr.Browne's Vocab List 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 brevity | (n) briefness or conciseness in speech or writing |
| Reticent | (adj.) not talking much; reserved |
| Circumlocution | (n) speaking in circles; roundabout speech |
| Verbose | (adj.) using too many words; wordy; long winded |
| Complacent | (adj.) self-satisfied; smug |
| Insolent | (adj.) boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude |
| Pretentious | (adj.) claiming or pretending increased importance |
| Cliché | (n) an idea or saying that was once original but has become stale through overuse |
| Mundane | (adj.) commonplace; ordinary; humdrum |
| Allay | (v) to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain |
| Mitigate | (v) to make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage |
| Congenial | (adj.) compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic |
| Jocular | (adj.) liking to be with people, joke around with them, and have fun |
| Animosity | (n) hatred; ill will |
| Pugnacious | (adj.) eager to fight; belligerent |
| Magnanimous | adj.) generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness |
| Thrifty | (adj.) showing care with how money or resources are spent or used; miserly |
| Quandary | (n) a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation |
| Debacle | (n) a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical |
| Malicious | (adj.) intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful |
| aberration | deviating from the right or true path or usual course of action; a minor mental disorder of a temporary nature |
| abstinence | giving up of certain pleasures |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; hard to understand |
| acclaim | loud applause; approval |
| acquiesce | accept the conclusions or arrangements of others; to give consent by keeping silent |
| admonish | to advise against something; to warn; to scold gently |
| advocate | to support; to be in favor of... |
| aesthetic | showing an appreciation of beauty in nature or art |
| affinity | natural attraction for a person or thing |
| aggrandizement | an increase in rank or wealth |
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