KD unit 16
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jockafitch24 on January 18, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 revile | (verb) to spread negative info about, vituperate |
| travesty | (noun) a parody, comedy, a humorous mimic |
| petulant | (adj) peevish, irritable |
| insomnia | (noun) inability to sleep |
| captious | (adj) faultfinding |
| laymen | (noun) someone that is not professional |
| morose | (adj) gloomy |
| diurnal | (adj) daily, happening during the day |
| cajole | (verb) to persuade by flattery or promises |
| fulsome | (adj) disgusting, not standard, in sincere |
| illustrious | (adj) famous, glorious |
| progeny | (noun) descendant, a result |
| opprobrious | (adj) censure like, disgraceful |
| insouciant | (adj) free from concern, worry, nonchalant |
| primeval | (adj) pertaining to the first age or ages |
| curmudgeon | (noun) bad tempered, cantankerous person |
| epicurean | (adj) fond of luxury, sensual pleasures |
| fictitious | (adj) not genuine, spurious |
| lewd | (adj0 lascivious, indecent |
| portentous | (adj) momentously significant, miraculous |
| disparate | (adj) distinct in kind |
| artifice | (noun) a clever trick, guile, craftiness, cunning |
| distend | (verb) to expand by stretching, to swell |
| farcical | (adj) ludicrous, absurd |
| bemuse | (verb) to bewilder or confuse |
| truncate | (verb) to shorten by cutting of a part |
| detriment | 9noun) loss, damage, disadvantage |
| emolument | (noun) profit, payment |
| intaglio | (noun), glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) |
| gamut | (noun) scope, entire range or scale |
| cloy | (verb) to glut, cause weariness of excess sweetness |
| manifold | (adj) numerous, varied |
| debilitate | (verb) to make weak, feeble |
| corrode | (verb) to eat or wear away |
| uxorious | (adj) excessively dependent on one's wife, doting |
| burlesque | (adj) farce, a ludicrous imitation |
| monotonous | (adj) lacking variety |
| officious | (adj) meddlesome, interfering |
| abstemious | (adj) temperate in diet |
| coherence | (noun) understand-ability, natural connection |
| palatable | (adj) acceptable or agreeable |
| peruse | (verb) to read, survey |
| exculpate | (verb) to vindicate |
| exigency | (noun) crisis, urgent demand, a pressing or urgent situation |
| recluse | ((adj( in seclusion |
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