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Ms.Brown vocab set 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stratum | a horizontal layer |
| Melancholy | depression of spirits |
| Corroborated | confirmed- conformation |
| Garrulous | talkative, rambling |
| penumatic | pertaining to air or gas |
| fortuitously | something that happens by accident or chance (usually good) |
| amorphous | shapeless, having no definite form |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
| addenda | something added, usually to a brook |
| complacency | the state of being self-satisfied |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow- minded |
| aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| commensurate | equal |
| grave | seriousness, importance |
| buoyed | capable of floating, cheerful |
| bantering | to speak in a witty or teasing manner |
| homogeneity | of the same kind |
| impetuously | violent, hasty, rash or impulsive |
| hilarity | boisterously, merriment, mirth |
| vacuous | lacking content, marked by a lack of intelligence |
| urban | having to do with a city or characteristics of a city |
| discordant | upsetting or frustrating |
| din | loud and discordant noises, cacophony |
| endowing | to provide with income or property, to supply with a talent of quality |
| unfathomable | not capable of being understood |
| hue | color |
| vivid | bright, distinct and clear |
| legacy | a gift by will, something handed down by ancestor or predecessor |
| exalted | to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank |
| appended | to add in a supplementary manor |
| presumptuous | brazenly, over stepping bounds, arrogant |
| clamor | loud noises or shouting |
| malice | desire to harm others |
| tranquil | peaceful, calm |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted |
| reverent | to honor, to regard with respect |