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TSL 54-83
Term | Definition |
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expiate | to atone or to make amends for a sin or crime |
extant | still in existance |
fervent | ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned |
florid | flowery, flushed with color |
foliage | leaves of a plant, leafage |
forbearance | patience, lenience |
foreboding | premonition of evil, an ominous omen |
fugitive | a person who is elusive or hard to find, wandering |
furrow | to make wrinkles or grooves |
gaunt | very thin, emaciated, angular |
gentility | state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry |
gratuitous | given freely, unwarranted |
grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave |
ignominy | disgraceful or dishonorable conduct |
imbibe | to absorb or to drink in |
imperious | extremely overbearing |
implicit | understood but not directly expressed |
import | relative importance, significance |
impugn | to assail or to attack one's honor or integrity |
impute | to blame or to charge |
inauspicious | unfavorable |
incantation | a spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect |
inclement | stormy, severe |
incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
incurious | uninterested, lacking normal curiosity |
indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
inextricable | not able to be disentangled |
infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad |
inopportune | inconvenient, poorly timed |
inscrutable | difficult to understand, mysterious |