english vocab set 7
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 circumlocution | n. the use of wordy indirect language; a roundabout expression |
| uncouth | adj. inappropriate; crude; unrefined |
| invidious | adj. tending to cause envy or ill will- containing or implying a insult |
| reconciliation | n. a resolution or acceptance (usually btwn two people) |
| interpolate | v. to change a text by introducing false or new material |
| supernal | adj. celestial or heavenly |
| sybarite | n. a person devoted to luxury |
| rebuke | v. to reprimand |
| ulterior | adj. beyond what is evident- ulterior motive |
| asperity | n. roughness; harshness |
| lacerate | v. to cut or slash |
| presentiment | n. a sense that something that is about the occur; a premonition |
| incarnate | invested with bodily nature and form; personified e.g. (evil incarnate) |
| dichotomy | n. division into two usually contradictory parts, categories or opinions |
| beneficent | adj. charitable; kind |
| deleterious | adj. harmful to ones health |
| boisterous | adj. rough and stormy; loud, noisy unrestrained |
| precocious | adj. marked by unusually early development or maturity, especially mentally |
| clairvoyant | n. one who can see objects or events that cannot be perceived, a seer. adj. having the capacity to see into the future |
| fickle | adj. erratic or changeable; capricious |
| noxious | adj. injurious to health or morals |
| exemplary | adj. outstanding; acting as a model |
| fortuitous | adj. happening by accident, serendipitous, fortune |
| berate | v. to scold harshly |
| egregious | adj. offensively bad |
| magnanimous | adj. generous in giving; noble |
| nominal | adj. trifling, small |
| indigenous | adj. originating and living in an area or environment; native |
| behemoth | n. something enormous in size |
| anthropomorphism | n. the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman beings or objects |
| biped | n. an animal with two feet |
| resilient | adj. marked by the ability to recover easily |
| denounce | v. to condemn openly; acuse formally |
| exorbitant | adj. excessive |
| nefarious | adj. extremely evil |
| pretentious | adj. showy; ostentatious; assuming a higher social status than one actually holds |
| cherubic | adj. angelic |
| licentious | adj. lacking morals, especially restraint |
| vivacious | adj. lively; zestful |
| perspicacious | adj. clear sighted; acute in perception or understanding |
| philanthropist | n. one who is giving/ charitable |
| prescient | adj. having knowledge of an event before it even happens |
| poignant | adj. profoundly touching, moving |
| tacit | adj. unspoken - could be an agreement |
| diabolical | adj. evil, satanic |
| disparage | v. to belittle, to speak of in an insulting way |
| emulate | v. to strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation |
| insidious | adj. working harmfully in a subtle way or stealthy manner |
| harangue | n. a long pompous speech; a tirade, diatribe, long lengthy aggressive speech or to give a tirade |
| spar | v. to box to bandy words about |
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