Unit 7 Vocab
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vismaypandia on November 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adulation | high praise |
| benevolent | friendly, helpful |
| demagogue | rabble-rousing leader |
| evanescent | short-lived, as an image |
| fortuitous | lucky |
| hackneyed | overused, clichéd |
| precocious | talented beyond one's age |
| prosaic | run-of-the-mill |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| surreptitious | secret, stealthy |
| gourmand | someone who likes eating or drinking to excess |
| uncouth | awkward or unrefined |
| fetid | having an unpleasant odor |
| cabal | a group that secretly plans with evil intentions |
| chary | understandably cautious or careful |
| zealot | a fervently committed person |
| malleable | capable of being shaped or formed |
| abdicate | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| auriferous | containing gold |
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