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42 words i missed
Question | Answer |
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Contrite | regretful/seeking forgiveness |
Contumacious | stubbornly disobedient to authority |
Desultory | lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
Dissemble | to mislead/pretend |
Effete | decadent, self-indulgent, useless |
Expatiate | to speak/write at length/detail |
Expiate | to atone for (guilt/sin) |
Fatuous | silly and pointless |
Fulminate | to loudly denounce |
Ignominious | disgraceful/shameful |
Imprecation | a spoken curse |
Impugn | to dispute the validity of |
Impute | attribute, ascribe |
Indigent | poor, needy |
Infelicitous | inappropriate |
Inimical | damaging/harmful |
Insouciant | unconcern/nonchalance |
Intemperance | indulgence of passions/appetites |
Intransigent | uncompromising |
Inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
Inveterate | having a particular habit/interest that is unlikely to change |
Limpid | completely clear, unclouded |
Meretricious | apparently attractive but having no real value |
Obsequious | servile/subservient |
Perfidy | deceitfulness, untrustworthiness. |
Petulant | cranky/rude |
Pithy | precise and brief |
Plangent | loud, reverberating, often melancholy |
Pluck | courage, fortitude |
Probity | the quality of adhering to the highest moral principles |
Prolixity | tediously wordy |
Recondite | not easily understood |
Remonstrate | to protest/object |
Sardonic | cynical |
Sedulous | showing dedication and diligence |
Sententious | moralizing in a pompous manner |
Suppliant | making a plea to someone of authority |
Trenchant | vigorous or incisive in expression or style |
Truculent | fierce, cruel |
Venal | bribable, corruptible |
Venerate | to regard with great respect/awe |
Vitiate | to impair the quality of |