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Week Three Vocab LWO

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cavort to romp or prance around, to make merry; gambol
credence belief, mental acceptance
decry to condemn, express strong disapproval, to officially depreciate; denounce, censure, devalue
dissemble to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression; dissimulate, mask, feign
distraught very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict; distracted
eulogy formal statement of commendation; high praise; panegyric, encomium, tribute
evince to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke; exhibit, manifest, occasion
exhume to revoke from a grave, to bring to light; disinter, unearth, uncover
feckless lacking in spirit and stength; ineffective, weak, irresponsible, unreliable; feeble, incompetent, ieffectual
murky dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision; dim, cloudy
nefarious wicked, depraved devoid of moral standards; inquitous, reprehensible
piquant stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative; zestful, tangy
primordial developed or created at the very beginning; going back to ancient times; fundamental, basic; original, primal
propinquity nearness in place or time; kinship similarity
substantive real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic; firm, substantial, meaty
unwonted not usual or expected; not in character; uncommon, atypical
utopian founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical; idealistic
verbiage language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to sense or content; wordiness; a manner of expression; prolixity, diction, jargon
verdant green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement; artless, naive
viscous having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity; sticky, thick
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