week one
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 audacious | adj; bold, daring, fearless |
| to balk | v; to refuse, to shirk; to prevent, to break flow |
| balm | n; soothing, healing influence |
| to beleaguer | v; to harass to plague |
| cacophonous | adj; jarring, unpleasantly noisy |
| callow | adj; immature, lacking sophistication |
| canny | adj; smart, founded on common sense |
| ebullient | adj; exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
| eclectic | adj; selected from various sources, like a lot of diff things |
| effulgent | adj; brilliantly shining |
| to enthrall | v; to captivate, to enchant, to enlsave |
| to entreat | v; to plead, to beg |
| fastidious | adj; careful w details |
| to fetter | v; to bind, to chain, to confine |
| flamboyant | adj; flashy, garish; exciting, dazzling |
| to grovel | v; to humble oneself in a demeaning way |
| hackneyed | adj; worn out by over-use, trite, like cliché |
| impious | adj; not religiously devout |
| heinous | adj; shocking, wicked, terrible |
| to importune | v; to ask repeatedly, to beg |
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