english vocab #2
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drummerboy2014 on October 9, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accretion | increased amount |
| bombastic | high-sounding, but meaningless |
| cataclysmic | severely destructive |
| dour | sullen and gloomy; stern and severe |
| espouse | to get married; to take up and support |
| flippant | disrespectful casualness; lighthearted |
| hubris | excessive pride |
| interlocutor | a person you have a conversation with` |
| misnomer | an error in naming a place |
| onus | burden or obligation |
| pique | to arouse anger |
| refract | to deflect light and sound |
| tenacious | persistent and clingy |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair |
| yen | cravings |
| zenith | culmination; peak |
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