VocabVideos - Volume 1
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Maestrajodi on December 6, 2011
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New Town High School AVID program
Baltimore County Public Schools
flashcards created by Jodi Grosser, Coordinator
Words taken from www.vocabvideos.com
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assess |  to evaluate |
| aspire |  to long for, aim toward |
| meticulous |  marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| reprehensible |  deserving to be severely criticized |
| exalt |  to raise high; to glorify |
| garish |  excessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring |
| haughty |  stuck-up; arrogant; snobbish |
| urbane |  showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience |
| censure |  to find fault with and condemn as wrong; blame |
| paradox |  an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth |
| diligent |  characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks |
| concord |  a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| disseminate |  cause to become widely known |
| inundate |  to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| sagacious |  Wise; having keen perception and sound judgment |
| underscore |  to emphasize |
| surreptitious |  Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| transient |  one who stays for only a short time |
| melancholy |  a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed |
| flamboyant |  showy, flashy, vivid, or dramatic |
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