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Library Vocab 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scrutinize | to look very carefully; to examine |
| Torque | a twisting force |
| Arduous | hard, difficult, tiresome |
| Astute | marked by a practical hardheaded intelligence |
| Consensus | general agreement |
| Hovel | a small, miserable dwelling; an open, low shed |
| migratory | living, wandering, nomadic; moving from place to place, especially to find food |
| Misnomer | a wrong or inappropriate name |
| Accolade | an award, an honor; approval, praise |
| Docile | easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle |
| Dulcet | melodious, soft, soothing; pleasing to the ear |
| Gird | to prepare oneself as if for battle, to bind with something round or circular |
| Gossamer | something delicate, light and flimsy; delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric |
| Irascible | easily angered, irritable |
| Muster | gather or bring together; the act of inspection or critical exmination |
| Languish | to become weak or feeble; to sag with loss of stength |
| Reminisce | recalling the past |
| Resurgent | rising again to new life and vigor |
| Obtuse | insensitive; block-headed, slow in comprehension |
| Noisome | stinking; offensive; disgusting |
| Laconic | brief and to the point; using few words |
| Incongruous | not appropriate, unsuited to the surroundings; not fitting in |
| Histrionic | overly dramatic |
| Harrowing | extremely distressing; disturbing or frightening |
| Giddy | lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; light-headed and dizzy |
| Fraught | teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by |
| Fjord | a long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills |
| Fetish | an extremely strong devotion to something, n object of obsessive devotion |
| Fathom | to come to understand; a linear unit of measurement for water depth |
| Expunge | to remove; to delete; to erase |
| Queue | to form or to wait in line |
| Bludgeon | a heavy; thick club used as a weapon; o strike or club |
| Blather | to talk nonsensically; foolish gibberish |
| Citadel | a fortress; a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle |
| Roster | a list of names, especially of people available for duty |
| Artisan | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft |
| Gossamer | something delicate, light and flimsy; delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric |
| Chasm | a deep opening in the earth's surface; a gorge; differences of opinion, interests, loyalties |
| Ballistic | the study of the dynamic or flight characteristics of projectiles |
| Coterie | a circle of close associates or friends |
| Curvilinear | characterized or following a curved line |
| Draconian | unusually severe and cruel |
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