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LW-Vocab 3

QuestionAnswer
ornate elaborately decorated
ostentatious describing a showy or pretentious display
Poignant profoundly moving; touching
ebullience intense enthusiasm
effusive emotionally unrestrained; gushy
egregious conspicuously bad or offensive
flagrant extremely or deliberately shocking or noticable
frenetic wildly excited or active
gratuitous given freely; unearned; unwarranted
superfluous extra; unnecessary
alleviate to ease a pain or burden
asylum a place of retreat or security
auspicious favorable; promising
benevolent well meaning; generous
benign kind and gentle
mollify to calm or soothe
reclamation the act of making something useful again
sanction to give official authorization or approval
dubious doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
fabricated made; concocted to deceive
hypocrisy the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
slander false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
spurious not genuine
astute shrewd; clever
clandestine secretive
Created by: LoganWendt
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