Mr. Dwyer Vocabulary Part 1

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Acquisitive
(Adjective) tending or seeking to acquire and own; eager to get wealth.
Adage
(Noun) a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
Adjunct
(Noun) something added to another thing but not essential to it.
Arrogate
(Verb) to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal.
Asseverate
(Adjective) confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive.
Banal
(Adjective) commonplace; tired or petty.
Bucolic
(Adjective) of the country; rural.
Captious
(Adjective) apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding.
Calumny
(Noun) a false and malicious statement; slander, defamation.
Celerity
(Noun) swiftness; speed.
Consummate(Verb) to bring to perfection.Conversant(Adjective) familiar by use or study.Dank(Adjective) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp.Faux pas(Noun) a slip or blunder in etiquette; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.Diaphanous(Adjective) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent.Dichtotomy(Noun) division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.Dogmatic(Adjective) authoritatively overbearing.Euphemism(Noun) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh.Elixir(Noun) medicinal potion; a cure-all.Fervid(Adjective) heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm.Gamut(Noun) the full range.Harbinger(Noun) anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign.Imbue(Verb) to cause, infuse or inspire, as with feelings, opinions.Ineffable(Adjective) incapable of being expressed in words.Lachrymose(Adjective) producing tears; mournful.