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Brooks English
Brooks Words of the Week Jan. 20
| definition | word | part of speech |
|---|---|---|
| bathed in or exposed in light, emitting or reflecting steady light | luminous | adjective |
| exhibiting assertiveness, hostility or combativeness | belligerent | noun |
| to cause to accept as true something that is untrue or false, mislead | deceive | verb |
| marked by high spirirts, exultant | elated | adjective |
| to defeat in a conflict or contest, to overcome in battle, to gain mastery over | vanquish | verb |
| medicine or treatment, something that corrects or fixes | remedy | noun |
| a scene, or state of uproar and confusion | bedlam | noun |
| ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, lacking order or value, having no rational or orderly relationship to human life | absurd | adjective |