VSAT Adj List 1.2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Adroit | skillful, dexterous |
Adverse | unfavorable, dangerous |
Amicable | friendly |
Amorous | showing love, particularly sexual |
Antiquated | old, out of date |
Bereft | devoid of, without |
Brazen | excessively bold, brash |
Cognizant | aware, mindful |
Complicit | being an accomplice in a wrongful act |
Contrite | penitent, eager to be forgiven |
Deft | skillful, capable |
Disheartened | feeling a loss of spirit or morale |
Eminent | distinguished, prominent, famous |
Ethereal | heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined |
Forlorn | lonely, abandoned, hopeless |
Fraught | filled or accompanied with |
Ignominious | humiliating, disgracing |
Incessant | unending |
Inexorable | incapable of being persuaded or placated |
Lucid | clear, easily understandable |
Mutable | able to change |
Notorious | widely and unfavorably known |
Obstinate | not yielding easily, stubborn |
Onerous | burdensome |
Paucity | small in quantity |
Perfidious | disloyal, unfaithful |
Pernicious | extremely destructive or harmful |
Presumptuous | disrespectfully bold |
Reclusive | solitary |
Sanguine | optimistic, cheery |
Sophomoric | immature, uninformal |
Staid | sedate, serious, self-restrained |
Succinct | marked by compact precision |
Torrid | giving off intense heat, passionate |
Tractable | easily controlled |
Ubiquitous | existing everywhere, widespread |
Utilitarian | relating to or aiming at usefulness |
Venerable | deserving of respect because of age or achievement |
Vindictive | vengeful |
Zealous | fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something |
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