Terms 61-85
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flowersandgrasshoppers on March 10, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Redolent | a) strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something) b) fragrant or sweet smelling |
| Inviolate | free or safe from injury of violation |
| Fractious | easily irritated, bad tempered |
| Vigil | a) a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, usually to watch or pray b) the eve of a festival or holy day |
| Credulity | tendency to be too ready to believe something is real or true |
| Truculent | eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant |
| Discord | (n) disagreement between people (v) to disagree |
| Permeate | to spread throughout (something); pervade |
| Prodigality | noun of a) spending money or resources freely or recklessly b) having or giving something a lavish scale |
| Strident | loud and harsh, grating; presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way |
| Obstinate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade on to do so |
| Corpulent | fat |
| Girded | encircled/secured with a belt or band |
| Convivial | friendly, lively, enjoyable |
| Innuendo | an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one |
| Modish | conforming or following what is currently popular and fashionable |
| Feudal | according to, resembling, of denoting the system or feudalism (he dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.) |
| Futile | incapable of producing any useful result; pointless |
| Jovial | cheerful and friendly |
| Menagerie | a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition |
| Provincial | a) of or concerning a province of a country or empire b) of or concerning the regions outside the capital of a country |
| Defunct | no longer existing or functioning |
| Dissent (sich) | (v) to hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed (n) the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly or officially held |
| Ambiguous (ly) | a) open to more than one interpretation; having double meaning b) unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made |
| Ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone |
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