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eng wessk 11th L1-2
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Term | Definition |
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accost | approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently |
ambivalent | uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow |
austere | severely simple |
brevity | the attribute of being short or fleeting |
censure | harsh criticism or disapproval |
compulsory | required by rule |
didactic | instructive, especially excessively |
digress | turn aside from the main subject of attention |
elicit | call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response |
faction | a dissenting clique |
flagrant | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible |
flippant | showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness |
inflection | the modification of pitch, tone, or volume when speaking |
laudable | worthy of high praise |
mortification | strong feelings of embarrassment |
plaintive | expressing sorrow |
prerogative | a right reserved exclusively by a person or group |
rancor | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
satiate | fill to satisfaction |
superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required |
acrid | strong and sharp, as a taste or smell |
ameliorate | make better |
auspicious | indicating favorable circumstances and good luck |
brazen | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
circumspect | careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk |
dearth | an insufficient quantity or number |
disparage | express a negative opinion of |
dogmatic | pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative |
empirical | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
fastidious | giving careful attention to detail |
goad | provoke as by constant criticism |
guile | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
indoctrinate | teach uncritically |
intimate | marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity |
nebulous | lacking definition or definite content |
portend | indicate by signs |
pretext | a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason |
rapacious | excessively greedy and grasping |
scintillating | brilliantly clever |
tenet | a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true |