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DeniseNoonan on April 15, 2009
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Print List| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| deft | dexterous, skillful |
| fractiousness | quarrelsome |
| languidly | slowly & listlessly |
| contiguous | adjacent, next to each other |
| staid | very proper, conservative behavior |
| disconcerting | upsetting, confusing |
| defunct | completely broken, dead |
| nebulous | vague |
| reproach | blame, accuse |
| garrulous | talkative |
| redolent | fragrant, imbued with an odor |
| commensurate | equal |
| complacent | self-satisfied |
| insidious | treacherous, dangerous in a secret way |
| poignant | piercing, incisive, keen |
| vehement | forcefully expressing emotion or conviction |
| euphemism | sustitution of an offensive term for one more pleasant |
| constrained | forced, compelled; confined, restrained |
| fortuitous | occurring by happy chance, lucky |
| pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) |
| peremptory | not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| rackateer | person who makes money illegally such as through gambling, threatening violence... |
| strident | loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
| supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| turgid | ostentatiously lofty in style |
| vacuous | lacking in ideas or intelligence |