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Words 121-140
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| avarice | noun. greed for wealth |
| dissident | noun. a person who disagrees publicly |
| incipient | adj. beginning, early stages of |
| travail | noun. requiring strenuous effort; anguish, trouble |
| incongruous | adj. inappropriate,not fitting in |
| trite | adj. overused, lacking origionality |
| placate | verb. satisfy, appease |
| baneful | adj. causing death or ruin |
| diurnal | adj. pertaining to daytime, active during daytime |
| saturnine | adj. gloomy, cynical, scornful |
| wary | adj. on guard, watchful, cautious |
| incorrigible | adj. incapable of being corrected, saved, or reformed |
| unkempt | adj. untidy, messy, uncombed |
| benign | adj. of a kindly disposition, not harmful |
| unsullied | adj. untarnished, pure or clean |
| circumvent | verb. overcome by cleverness, to bypass normal rules |
| perpetuate | verb. make permanent, long-lasting |
| clairvoyant | adj. supposedly having power to perceive things out of normal human range; noun. someone who sees into the future |
| garrulous | adj. talkative, loquacious |