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Sam Ch 11-18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aficionado | an enthusiastic fan or admirer |
| bravado | false bravery; a boastful display of courage |
| embargo | government order preventing trade with another country |
| flotilla | a small fleet of boats or ships |
| hacienda | a large estate or ranch; the main house of such a ranch |
| incommunicado | without a way to communicate |
| junta | a group of military leaders who seize and hold power over a country; a council or small government body, especially in Central America and in South America |
| peccadillo | a small fault, often habitual |
| peon | an unskilled laborer or farm worker; a person in a low hierarchy; a person of low status |
| renegade | an outlaw, rebel, deserter, or traitor; abandoning a cause, group or principle |
| appreciable | noticeable; able to be perceived or estimated |
| breadth | width; distance from side to side; a wide range |
| copious | plentiful; abundant |
| gargantuan | gigantic; of immense size, volume, or capacity |
| innumerable | too many to count |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits |
| negligible | not enough to be worth considering; insignificant |
| paucity | smallness of number; fewness; scarcity |
| pittance | a very small amount; an inadequate wage |
| proliferate | to multiply, increase, or spread rapidly |
| acme | highest point of achievement |
| adept | very skillful |
| aptitude | natural ability; talent; quickness in understanding; intelligence |
| astute | having shrewd judgment; observant, clever, and cunning |
| finesse | to achieve a goal or handle a situation with subtle skill; refinement, delicacy, and skill; subtle, skillful handling of a potentially difficult situation |
| painstaking | marked by or requiring great care; demanding extended or extreme effort, or diligence |
| precocious | showing unusually early development or maturity |
| prodigy | a person, often young, with exceptional talents or powers |
| resourceful | effective and imaginative in solving problems; practical |
| virtuoso | a very skilled musician or other type of artist; an expert or master artist |
| Idiosyncrasy | An unusual habit of one particular person |
| Innocuous | Harmless; not likely to offend anyone |
| Obtrusive | Unpleasantly noticeable; bold; thrusting out |
| Orthodox | Doing and believing what is commonly accepted or customary; following established faiths and beliefs |
| Prevalent | Widely or commonly existing or practiced |
| Prosaic | Dull; ordinary; lacking in imagination and spirit |
| Quaint | Charmingly odd, especially in an old fashion way |
| Rarity | Something that is very infrequent or scarce |
| Singular | Being the only one of a kind; unique; being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable |
| Trite | Overused and therefore lacking in interest |
| Appraisal | Evaluation or estimation of worth |
| Base | Low or inferior in position or quality |
| Candid | Frank; honest; expressing one’s honest opinion; not posed or rehearsed |
| Criterion | A standard of judgment |
| Dexterity | Skill and grace in physical movement; cleverness |
| Legitimate | Lawful; proper and acceptable; genuine |
| Mediocre | Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary |
| Meritorious | Worthy; deserving of praise |
| Truism | A statement of self-evident truth; a saying that, while true, has been overused |
| Validate | To establish or confirm the truth or legality of something |
| Circumlocution | The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
| Cogent | Logical and convincing; appealing to reason |
| Discourse | Formal speech or writing; to speak or write formally and at length |
| Falter | To hesitate or stammer in speech; to move or function in an unsteady way |
| Literate | Able to read and write; knowledgeable; educated; well expressed |
| Prattle | To talk foolishly ; to chatter; foolish, annoying talk |
| Raconteur | A person who tells stories and relates incidents with skill and wit |
| Sophistry | Clever arguments that are misleading or incorrect |
| Utterance | Something that is said |
| Verbose | Using or containing too many words; excessively wordy |
| Arbitrary | Based upon impulse or random chance, rather than on reason |
| Coincidental | Happening or existing at the same time by chance |
| Contrive | To cleverly plan, plot or design |
| Deliberation | Slow careful thought |
| Fortuitous | Happening by lucky accident |
| Haphazard | Without plan or order; chosen randomly |
| Premeditated | Planned or arranged in advance |
| Prophetic | Foreseeing or predicting the future |
| Spontaneity | The quality of following personal impulse rather than outside influences or planning |
| Unwittingly | Unknowingly; without awareness |
| Assert | To state or express firmly |
| Ferocity | Fierceness |
| Flout | To disobey openly; to defy |
| Foolhardy | Unwisely bold; rash |
| Headstrong | Determined to have one’s own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful |
| Incisive | Clear and sharp in analysis or expression |
| Outspoken | Frank and unreserved in speech; candid; spoken in a frank, unreserved or candid way |
| Undaunted | Not discouraged by danger or difficultly |
| Vehement | Showing intense emotion or passion; forceful |
| Vibrant | Pulsing with energy; vigorous; having bright colors |
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rjaniszewski