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Ch 36-45 vocab
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| auspicious | having omens of success; propitious |
| apoplectic | in the condition of having a sudden loss of sensation and of power of voluntary motion due to an acute cascular lesion of the brain; a stroke of paralysis |
| pacific manner | concilialatory; peaceable |
| sundry | miscellaneous, such as sundry intems or sundry people |
| fete | party |
| abhorrent | hatred |
| repugnant | offensive |
| concourse | moving, flowing, running together, juncture |
| prolix | long and wordy |
| complacent | content |
| physiognomy | the study of the features of the face |
| expatriate | to expel from one's own country |
| extricate | to set free or remove |
| heath | open wastland overgrown with heather or low brushes; moor |
| extenuate | to attach little importance to; to underestimate |
| insolent | disrespectful |
| supercilious | overbearing; haughty; arrogant |
| fain | willing |