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Dr. B's Vocab Quiz 5
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arduous | adj. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult ex. I've had fantastic experiences with much smaller-scale, yet still arduous, research projects. |
| Blithe | adj. joyous, merry; carefree, without regard ex. Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit. |
| Cajole | verb. to persuade by flattery or promises; coax ex. You have let her cajole you into bending the rules for her. |
| Deference | noun. respectful submission or courteous regard ex. in deference to his wishes. |
| Eclectic | adj. made up of what is selected from different sources. ex. Their house is as comfortably and colorfully eclectic as his imaginative wife can make it. |
| Formidable | adj. causing fear, apprehension, or dread; intimidating ex. But getting from interest to a viable formula is proving a formidable challenge. |
| Garrulous | adj. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters; wordy ex. Most of the victims become garrulous , in effect talking themselves to death. |
| Incipient | adj. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage ex. an incipient cold. |
| Lucid | adj. readily understood; clear; glowing ex. He insisted he was perfectly alert and lucid , adding that he was not a publicity hound, either. |
| Mitigate | verb. to lessen in force or intensity ex. You can mitigate risk, but you can't eliminate it. |
| Pariah | noun. an outcast. ex. It was an accident, but it made Ray — a fresh, believable hero — a pariah . |
| Propensity | noun. a natural inclination or tendency ex. a propensity to drink too much. |
| Repudiate | verb. to reject as having no authority, with denial or disapproval; to cast off ex. To affirm this as a psychiatric malady is to repudiate the principles of science itself. |
| Supercilious | adj. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. ex. One reason was its supercilious tone, which ill accords with its slapdash composition. |
| Trepidation | noun. tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation. ex. Holiday fliers know the trepidation of travel on some of the year's busiest dates. |
| Placate | verb. to appease or pacify |
| Flagrant | adj. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: scandalous |
| Threadbare | adj. shabby or poor; meager |
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