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Vocab for Ruffner

TermDefinition
Acclaim Praise, Applause, Admiration
Acute Sharp, Intelligent
Anarchy Lack of Government/control, Chaos
Anecdote A brief and entertaining story
Ascetic Without Luxuries, Austere
Candid Honest, Frank
Complacent Smug, Self-Satisfied, Feel good about self
Deter Prevent, Stop, keep from doing something
Diligent Hard Working, Determined
Discord Disagreement
Discriminate Differentiate, distinguish a difference
Disdain Contempt, intense dislike, hate. (Have disdain for)
Dispassionate Without passion, objective, neutral
Dissent Disagreement
Eccentric Odd, Unusual, Quirky
Ephemeral Short lived, fleeting, not lasting
Euphony Pleasant sound
Fastidious Finicky, Overly Critical
Futile Hopeless, Without effect
Gravity Seriousness (As in "Grave", not actually gravity)
Guile Cunning, deceitfulness, tricky. Someone can have guile.
Heresy An opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
Incessant Unceasing, never-ending
Indifferent Not caring one way or the other, no preference, neutral
Insipid Bland, boring, stupid
Lucid Clear, easy to understand
Negligence Carelessness
Objective Without bias
Obscure Unclear, clouded, partially hidden, hard to understand, opposite of lucid
Philanthropy Love of humankind, someone who would make charity donation
Pious Deeply religious
Prodigal Extravagant, Wasteful
Provocative Exciting, attracting attention
Resignation Acceptance of a situation
Solemn Serious, GRAVE
Solicit To ask for or to seek
Stagnant Not moving (Water)
Subtle Not obvious
Temper To lessen, Moderate, soften
Vacillate To waver between choices
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