L of F Vocab 1-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 specious | plausible but false |
| skewed | turned to one side |
| bastion | a fortified place, stronghold |
| hiatus | a break |
| gesticulated | gestured with one's hands |
| ebullience | zestful enthusiasm |
| pall | a gloomy effect |
| festooned | decorated |
| inscrutable | impenetrable incapable of being understood |
| opaque | light can't get through it |
| declivities | downward slopes |
| impalpable | intagible; not perceived by touch |
| sinewy | lean and muscular |
| tacitly | without being spoken |
| improvisation | to invent without preparation |
| apex | the highest point |
| derisive | scornful |
| effigy | a likeness or image |
| tempestuously | like a storm; turbulently |
| incantation | a verbal charm or spell |
| taut | tight |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| coverts | thick underbrush providing cover |
| obtuseness | dullness; flatness; lack of sharp edges |
| luxuriance | having rich or porfuse growth |
| impervious | incapable of being affected |
| rebuke | to criticize or reprimand |
| sanctity | sacredness; godliness |
| maternal | relating to motherhood |
| cynicism | attitude scornful of the motives or virtues of others |
| derision | scorn or ridicule |
| assimilating | absorbing |
| purged | freed from impurities |
| myopia | a visual defect like nearsightedness |
| propitatingly | appeasingly; trying to please |
| pinnacles | tall, pointed formations |
| truculently | disposed to fight |
| eclipsed | obscured;blocked from view |
| inimical | unfriendly; hostile |
| elephantine | ponderously clumsy |
| crepitation | crackling sound |
| excruciatingly | intensely; painfully |
| glamour | magic spell; enchantment |
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