Vocab 12

Flail
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Flail
to strike out or swing wildly; to thrash about
fulsome
so excessive as to be disgusting
grueling
extremely tiring and demanding
importune
(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
Invective
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
obeisance
gesture of respect
palatable
pleasant or acceptable to the taste
peccadillo
a small sin or fault
pernicious
(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
piqueto cause resentment; to provokeredolent(adj.) fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an auralSinuoushaving many curves and turnsspecioussuperficially plausible, but actually wrongsubterfugedeceit used in order to achieve one's goaltrite(adj.) commonplace; overused, staleundulatemove with a smooth wavelike motionveneer(n.) a thin outer layer; a surface appearance or decoration; (v.) to cover with a thin layer