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harmon vocab2
Dilatory to Reveler. Harmon English 2013 Vocabulary.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending to delay or be tardy |
| meager | scanty, sparse, not abundant; deficient in quantity or fertility |
| somber | gloomy; cheerless; serious |
| flourish | to grow or thrive; to make a grand or sweeping gesture |
| recalcitrant | stubborn; defiant of authority |
| revere | to honor; admire; to regard with awe |
| curtail | to cut short; to end |
| voracious | not easily satisfied; ravenous; insatiable (as in appetite) |
| rebuke | to criticize or scold sharply |
| curator | person in charge of a museum |
| egoist | person overly concerned with self |
| indolent | lethargic; lacking energy; habitually lazy |
| laconic | close-mouthed; using few words |
| elusive | hard to carch |
| zealot | person filled with enthusiasm; person fanatically committed |
| pacifist | one who promotes peace; one who is opposed to violence or war |
| scoundrel | a rascal; disreputable person; a boulder; a rapscallion; a villain; a rogue |
| savant | a learned person; a scholar |
| jingoist | an extreme nationalist, characterized by belligerent foreign policy |
| benefactor | a helping, generous person; $ to an institution |
| boor | a person who is rude; one who lacks refinement; uncultured |
| recluse | a person who seeks seclusion; hermit |
| pragmatist | a person who is practical, down to earth |
| enervated | lacking vitality, life energy |
| enervate | to weaken or destroy the strength of |
| virtuoso | a person with great artistic talent |
| virtuous; virtue | moral excellence |
| reveler | person who engages in merrymaking; "partier" |