unit 13
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstruse | difficult to penetrate |
| affront | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront |
| canard | a deliberately misleading fabrication |
| captious | tending to find and call attention to faults |
| cognizant | (usually followed by 'of') having knowledge or understanding |
| contrite | feeling regret for a fault or offence |
| cynosure | something that strongly attracts attention and admiration |
| decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct |
| deign | do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
| desiccated | lacking vitality or spirit |
| efficacy | capacity or power to produce a desired effect |
| engender | make children |
| ethereal | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality |
| facade | the face or front of a building |
| ghoulish | suggesting the horror of death and decay |
| incongruous | lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness |
| machination | a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends |
| mesmerize | induce hypnosis in |
| opprobrium | a state of extreme dishonor |
| putative | thought-to-be |
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