Satire Vocab list 5
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Created by:
agais on January 17, 2012
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alimentary | (adj) supplying nourishment |
| Buttress | make stronger or defensible |
| Charlatan | one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others |
| Chary | very cautious |
| Indigenous | native to an area |
| Iniquitous | unjust; wicked |
| Obtuse | slow to learn or understand |
| Paucity | smallness in number; scarcity |
| Perspicacious | keen; mentally sharp |
| Polemical | causing debate or argument |
| Quell | suppress or crush completely |
| Rancorous | showing deep-seated resentment |
| Tangential | Only a slight relevance |
| Toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| Upbraid | (v.) to blame, scold, find fault with |
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