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unit 4 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mollify v.t. | 1. to soften in feeling of temper; pacify; appease 2. to mitigate; reduce S: placate, sooth |
| hedonism n. | 1. the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good 2. devotion to pleasure and self gratification as a way of life S: pleasure-seeking |
| vigor n. | 1. active strength or force; intensity;energy 2. healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality 3. healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant 4. effective force, esp. legal validity S:power, strength |
| extol or extoll v.t. | 1. to praise highly; laud S: praise |
| adulation n. | 1. excessive admiration for or devotion to S:praise, flattery, worship |
| gauche adj. | 1. lacking social experience or grace; not tactful; crude 2. crudely made or done S: awkward, uncouth, tactless, callow |
| preclude v.t. | 1. to prevent the presence or occurrence of; make impossible 2. to exclude or debar S: prevent, hinder, impede |
| paradox n. | 1. a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that expresses a possible truth 2. a self-contradictory and false proposition 3. a person, thing, or situation, exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature S: puzzle |
| recalcitrant adj. | 1. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant 2. hard to deal with, manage, or operate n. S: rebellious, obstinate |
| castigate v.t. | 1. to criticize or reprimand severely 2. to punish in order to correct S: rebuke, reprimand, chastise |
| urbane adj. | 1. having polish and suavity in manner or style 2. sophisticated S: refined, elegant |
| florid adj. | 1. elaborate or flamboyant S: flowery, fancy |
| taciturn adj. | 1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; uncommunicative 2. dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner S: reticent, quiet |
| compunction n. | 1. a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of conscience for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse 2. any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action; qualm S: shame, remorse, guilt |
| ostentatious adj. | 1. characterized by pretentious show in and attempt to impress others 2. intended to attract notice S: showy, pretentious |
| exacerbate v. | 1. to make worse or more severe S: aggravate, infuriate |
| circumlocution n. | 1. speaking in a round about way S: wordiness, redundancy |
| fraternize v. | 1. to associate with on friendly terms S: socialize |
| perspicacity n. | 1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) 2. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions S: astuteness, shrewdness |
| solace v. | 1. to comfort of console S: alleviate, soothe |
| plethora n. | 1. excess; overabundance S: profusion, overkill, surfeit |
| pundit n. | 1. actual or self-professed authority S: expert, scholar, intellectual |
| caustic | n. 1. corrosive; that which can destroy tissue by chemical reaction adj. 2. sardonic; sarcastic S: satirical, cutting (as in a remark) |
| tedium n. | 1. dullness owing to length or slowness S: boredom, dullness, ennui |
| adjunct n. | 1. something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position 2. person associated with another in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity S: appendage, supplement, attachment |
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