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Key Terms Group 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acerbic (adj.) | having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
| anachronism (noun) | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| astringent (noun)/(adj.) | having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue |
| derision (noun) | scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
| desiccate (verb) | to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
| dilettante (noun) | one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| garrulous (adj.) | pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
| impetuous (adj.) | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
| inimical (adj.) | damaging; harmful; injurious |
| intractable (adj.) | not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| intrepid (adj.) | steadfast and courageous |
| laconic (adj.) | using few words; terse |
| maverick (noun) | an independent who does not go along with a group or party |
| neophyte (noun) | a recent convert; a beginner; a novice |
| obfuscate (verb) | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
| phlegmatic (adj.) | calm; sluggish; unemotional |
| probity (noun) | adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
| profligate (adj.) | excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
| prosaic (adj.) | dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
| quixotic (adj.) | foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
| quotidian (adj.) | occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
| recondite (adj.) | hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
| refulgent (adj.) | radiant; shiny; brilliant |
| renege (verb) | to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
| sedulous (adj.) | diligent; persistent; hard-working |
| soporific (adj.) | causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| tacit (adj.) | implied; not explicitly stated |
| trenchant (adj.) | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
| untenable (adj.) | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| vacillate (verb) | to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| variegated (adj.) | multicolored; characterized by a variety of of patches of different color |
| vituperate (verb) | to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse to censure severely or abusively; to berate |
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