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Vocab 14

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*Toady [Short for toadeater, an assistant to a cahrlatan, who ate or pretended to eat toads (held to be poisonous)to show the efficacy of a patent medicine] An obsequious flatterer; a fawning, servile person
Precipitate To hasten the occurrence of
*Panacea [Gk. pan-, all + akos, cure] A remedy for all diseases or ills; cure-all
Idyllic Having the essential qualities of an idyll(short poem or prose piece depicting simple scenes of pastoral, domestic, or country life); charmingly simple or picturesque
Cow To frighten or subdue with threats of show of force
Alacrity Cheerful willingness; eagerness
Venal Open to bribery; mercenary, characterized by corrupt dealing
Effete No longer fertile or productive; worn out with age; exhausted; marked by weakness or decadence
*Repudiate [L. repudium, divorce] To divorce or separate formally from (obs.); to refuse to have anything to do with; to reject as unbinding, untrue, or unjust
Abortive Born too soon; coming to nothing; unsuccessful; fruitless
Plaudit Enthusiastic expression of praise or approval
*recrimination [L. recriminationem] The act of recriminating, a countercharge
Reactionary Favoring a former - esp. an outmoded - political or social order
*Credo [L. credo - to believe] The stating of a belief
Revulsion A sudden, complete, and violent change of feeling, esp. a feeling of violent disgust or loathing
Created by: wasch684
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