20 terms
Ivy Insiders Week 1-Tuesday
Acuity
sharpness
Braggart
someone who boasts
Debunking
exposing false claims or myths
Epitomized
typified, characterized, personified
Hidebound
rigid in opinions
Languish
decay, fade away, get weaker
Obsequious
servile, submissive
Polemical
causing debate or argument
Restorative
a tonic
Thwart
prevent, frustrate
Adamant
forceful, inflexible
Brawny
muscular
Decathlon
an athletic competition with ten events
Equivocate
speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
Hieroglyphics
picture writing; writing that is difficult to read/enigmatic
Larceny
theft, robbery, stealing
Obsession
a dominating concern
Ponderous
weighty, slow and heavy
Retention
preservation, withholding
Timorous
cowardly, fearful