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Lesson 18
Term | Definition |
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accord | agreement, state of harmony |
annulment | a voiding, invalidation SYN: abrogation, invalidation, negation, nullification, extirpation |
arduous | very difficult to accomplish or to achieve, very demanding |
astate | shrewd, perspicacious SYN: sagacious |
carping | finding fault SYN: captious, censorious, critical |
covert | secret concealed SYN: clandestine, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, underhanded |
desecrate | to violate the sanctity of something, to profane, to adulterate |
dilatory | delaying, slow |
esteem | estimate of value, approval and respect often blended with fondness SYN: regard, valuation, reputation |
expatriate | an exile |
fortuitous | something that happens by accident or chance (usually good) |
guileless | without deceit |
hackneyed | trite, banal, lacking freshness SYN: threadbare |
illustrious | notably outstanding, famous SYN: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, noted, renowned |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
loquacious | very talkative SYN: garrulous, voluble |
neurotic | an emotionally unstable person; emotionally unstable |
parch | to become dry from heat, to shrivel from heat |
porous | something that permits the passage of something through pores |
rancid | having a foul or offensive smell/taste SYN: fetid, fusty, malodorous, musty, noisome, putrid, rank |
reconcile | to reestablish friendship, to resolve conflict |
saccharine | overly sweet attitude |
sonorous | resonant, producing a full and rich sound |
tentative | not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
utility | usefulness |