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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 protean | easily changeable from one from to another |
| ken | range or scope of knowledge |
| kiosk | open-sided booth |
| draconian | extremely harsh |
| stalwart | sturdy, resolute, valiant |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| sub rosa | privately |
| nefarious | despicable |
| decorous | seemly |
| de facto | actual |
| de jure | according to law |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| gelid | frozen |
| gordian knot | an apparently unsolvable problem |
| glean | to gather slowly, to learn slowly |
| preclude | to make impossible |
| apogee | the highest point |
| nadir | the lowest point |
| aplomb | self-confidenc under duress or stress |
| exacerbate | to make worse |
| iniquity | sinfulness, flagrant injustice |
| penultimate | next to last |
| harangue | tirade, to speak in a loud and pompous manner |
| nepotism | favoritism shown to a relative |
| contingent | conditional |
| circadian | pertaining to a period of about 24 hours |
| luddite | opposed to technological change |
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