Vocab Chapter 2
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kpomerenke on October 13, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 tantalize | arouse hopes that will be frustrated- tempted, tease, entice, allure, whet |
| labyrinth | complex, intricate network of passages; complicated situation; maze-maze, tangle, conundrum, intricacy |
| Machiavellian | unprincipled and crafty-cunning, crafty, deceitful, guileful, devious, unscrupulous, conniving, amoral |
| laconic | brief, concise-brief, to the point, concise, terse, succinct, compendious, curt, taciturn |
| maudlin | excessively sentimental-tear jerking, mushy, mawkish, bathetic, lachrymose |
| galvanize | startle, excite, shock, electrify-excite, stimulate, animate, vitalize, exhilarate |
| lethargic | lazy, sluggish,lacking energy- drowsy, torpid, languid, languorous, indolent, slothful,listless,phlegmatic |
| ostracize | exclude from society, refuse to associate with, banish-reject, isolate, shun,proscribe, oust |
| gregarious | liking the company of others; sociable-sociable, social, convivial, affable,extroverted, amiable, amicable |
| egregious | outstandingly bad- outrageous, flagrant, gross, rank, atrocious, heinous, execrable, appalling |
| specious | seemingly true or genuine but actually fals; misleading |
| retrospective | looking back at the past |
| introspective | looking inward at one's own thoughts and feelings |
| circumspect | cautious, watchful, careful |
| prospective | expected, likely, potential |
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