Lesson 7
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance,to detest utterly;to loathe |
| accolade | praise,an award |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation;absent of luxury |
| bequeath | to hand down,to hand down,to give or to leave in a will |
| charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not,a quack |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| dearth | a lack,scarcity |
| diffidence | shyness,reserve,unassertiveness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| ethereal | heavenly,usually delicate,light,lacking material substance, intangible |
| expunge | to remove,to erase |
| guile | deceitfulness,duplicity |
| implausible | not believable |
| incongruity | nonconformity,disagreement,incompability |
| insularity | qualities of an island;narrow-mindedness of opinion |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions |
| poignant | piercing,incisive,and keen |
| provincial | lacking sophistication,narrow-minded |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| spontaneous | having no external cause,acting on impulse |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| toxic | poisonous |
| vigilant | very alert,watchful |
| voluble | ability to use words easily,fluent and glib |
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