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WAI: Lesson 11

Words are important: lesson 11

TermDefinition
Apocryphal Of doubtful authorship or authenticity: false; spurious
Argot Slang or jargon peculiar to a particular group
Berate To scold; rebuke
Categorical Without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional
Debility A weakened or enfeebled state; weakness
Discursive Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling
Euphony Agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words
Expatiate To enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion
Extraneous Introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign; not pertinent; irrelevant
Friable Easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly
Furore A public outburst, esp of protest; uproar A sudden widespread enthusiasm for something; craze Frenzy; rage; madness
Insensate Not endowed with sensation; inanimate
Marsupial Of or pertaining to the marsupials: opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots
Persiflage Light, bantering talk or writing; a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
Pristine Having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
Redound To have a good or bad effect or result, as to the advantage or disadvantage of a person or thing
Scintillate To emit sparks; to sparkle; flash
Stilted Stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
Suffused Overspread with; cover; pervade; diffuse; bathe; flood
Tantamount Equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
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