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vocabulary

TermDefinition
adept skillful (person) expert
exasperating highly annoying, irksome
ominous threatening; menacing (omen)
excruciating intensely painful
fastidious extremely neat
frenzied very excited; animated; active
meticulous exact; precise
assiduous diligent; hard-working; persistent
deride to use ridicule or put someone down
auspicious extremely favorable; successful
ardous demanding great effort or labor
depreciate to lessen in value or price; diminish
enlighten to inform; instruct; to give spiritual insight
enlightenment 18th century philosophical movement - reason
intrepid brave; courageous; fearless
viscous thick and syrupy
callous lacking sensitivity; emotionally hardened; unfeeling
repugnant arousing disgust; repulsion
painstaking extremely careful
venal dishonest; corrupt; open to bribery
exactitude state of being precise; exact
erratic unpredictable; lacking consistency; no fixed or regular course
incorrigible cannot be reformed or controlled (usually a person)
destitute lacking financial resources
discerning perceptive; insightful
despicable vile; contemptable
vigilant watchful; alert
demagogue one who obtains power through popular passions or play on emotions
censure an official reprimand
germane relevant; pertinent
stipilate to specify; set forth
plausible believable; credible
expurgate to delete or remove (purge)
anachronism a chronological misplacement of events, people, or objects
enumerate to count
epistolary a series of letters
epistle a literary composition in the form of a letter
dogma a set of beliefs; a doctrine
belligerent war-like; overly aggressive; induced to anger
Created by: cobra18
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