English Vocab 5
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englishteacher724 on October 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Belligerent | Easily provoked to fighting or arguing |
| Precarious | Unsteady therefore dangerous |
| Operative word | Key words the word around which all other words "operate" |
| Ignominious | Embarrassing because so completely a failure |
| Brackish | Slighty salty |
| Swarthy | Dark colored |
| Corroborate | To add information in support of an idea, opinion, statement, or alibi |
| Regress | To move backwards in direction move away from PROgress |
| Livid | Extremely angry |
| Smite | To hit someone forcefully-to have a power or destructive effect on someone |
| Veracious | Truthful |
| Veracity | Truth |
| Droll | Amusing in an unusual way |
| Feign | To pretend to feel; to fake |
| Picayune | Unimportant, trivial. |
| Acme Apex Pinnacle Zenith | Peak, high point |
| Moot point | Pointless point; useless to argue or discuss As the issue has already been decided |
| Narcissist | One who is entirely too much in love with his/her appearance |
| Nepotism | Favoring a family member over someone else who is better qualified |
| Facade | False front, fake appearance... a mask that we wear for protection |
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