| Term | Definition |
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| articulate | to pronouce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully, able to employ language clearly; jointed (syn) pronounce, elucidate, eloquent (ant) mumble, slur, tongue-tied, halting |
| cavort | to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry(syn) gambol |
| credence | belief, mental acceptance (syn) credit, trust, confidence (ant) disbelief, skepticism, incredulity |
| decry | to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate (syn) denounce, censure, devalue (ant) tout, comment, extol, laud, praise |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression (syn) dissimulate, mask, feign |
| distraught | very much afitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict (syn) frantic, distracted (ant) calm, composed, collected |
| eulogy | formal statement of commendation; high praise (syn) panegyric, encomium, tribute, testimonial (ant) philippic, diatribe, invective |
| evince | to display clearly, to make evident to provoke (syn) exhibit, manifest occasion |
| exhume | to remove from a grave, to bring to light (syn) disinter, unearth, uncover (ant) bury, inter |
| feckless | lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective, weak; ireesponsible, unreliable (syn) feeble, helpless, incompetent, ineffectual (ant) competent, capable, effective |
| murky | dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision (syn) dim, cloudy, unclear (ant) clear, transparent, lucid, limpid |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards (syn) iniquitous, reprehensible (ant) virtuous, hnorable, praiseworthy, meritorious |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind, spicy, pungent, appealingly provocative (syn) tangy, zestful (ant) bland, insipid, tasteless, mild |
| primordial | developed or created at the bery beginning, oging back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic (syn) original, primeval, primal |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time, kinship (syn) proximity, similarity (ant) remoteness, distance |
| unwonted | not usual or expected, not in character (syn) unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atypical (ant) usual, cusomary, typical |
| utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world;impractical; impractical (syn) idealistic (ant) realistic, pragmatic |
| verbiage | language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression (syn) verbosity, prolixity,diction, jargon |
| verdant | green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement (syn) artless, naive (ant) scorched,sere, barren, arid |
| viscous | having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity (syn) gummy, sticky, think (ant) runny, watery, aqueous |
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