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Words Are Important
Lesson 5 From Fifth Book
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chimera (noun) | grotesque monster |
| Complacent (Adj) | please with ones own merits (without self awareness) |
| Complaisant (Adj) | inclined or disposed to please |
| Dissident (Adj) | disagreeing with political thoughts |
| Empirical (Adj) | derived from or guided by experience |
| Encomium (noun) | a formal expression of high praise |
| Hirsute (Adj) | hairy, shaggy |
| Intestate (Adj) | not having made a will |
| Lethal (Adj) | made to cause death |
| Lugubrious (Adj) | mournful/dismal/gloomy |
| Megalomaniac (noun) | a person afflicted with delusions of greatness |
| Meretricious (Adj) | alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions |
| Modicum (noun) | a moderate or small amount |
| Pyromaniac (noun) | a compulsion to set thins on fire |
| Sacrilegious (Adj) | involving the violation of anything held sacred |
| Solecism (noun) | a breach of good manners |
| Soporific (noun) | something that causes sleep |
| Styptic (noun) | an agent used to contract organic tissue |
| Subversive (noun) | a person who wishes to overthrow or destroy a government/establishment |
| Turgid (Adj) | swollen/distended |