vocab.38
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 auspicious | favorable |
| austere | strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic |
| authoritative | dictatorial; conclusive |
| autocrat | a person with unlimited authority |
| bovine | acting sluggishly like an ox or cow |
| breadth | the width of something |
| brittle | fragile, frail, easily damaged |
| broach | to open up for the first time |
| consolidate | to make solid, to unite, or to merge |
| conspicuous | obvious, noticeable |
| constrict | to tighten or to make narrow |
| despoil | To take possessions by force, to plunder |
| despondency | depression, dejection |
| destitution | extreme poverty, in extreme want |
| enfranchised | given something (right to vote) |
| forestalled | prevented or delayed beforehand |
| fountainhead | principal source or origin |
| gaunt | very thin; angular; emaciated |
| gnarl | to twist extensively |
| goad | to urge on in a negative sense |
| iridescence | rainbow-like colors, brilliance |
| mortify | humiliate, wound pride |
| mosaic | a picture made with colorful pieces |
| musty | damp or decayed smell; musty odor |
| mutability | likely to change; not constant |
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