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Mrs.Schullein
Vocab 35-69
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperiois | Extremely overbearing |
| Insolence | Insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| Laconic | Using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude |
| Lecher | One who indulges excessively in sexual activity |
| Lethargic | Sluggish, languid |
| Malice | Desire to harm others |
| Malicious | Motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm |
| Malign | To utter misleading reports about |
| Mitigate | To cause to become less harsh or hostile |
| mutinous | Rebellious or unruly |
| Obscure | Difficult to see, vague |
| Odious | Deserving hate or contrempt |
| Palpable | Tangible, perceptible, easily noticable |
| Paradoixical | Something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct. |
| Paragon | A model of excellence or perfection |
| Peevish | Fretful, obsinate |
| Penitent | Showing or felling regret fro wrongdoing |
| Perdition | Eternal damnation, utter rain |
| Perniciois | Very destructive or harmful, deadly |
| Profane | Showing contempt toward sacred things |
| Propriety | Correct conduct |
| Ruffianism | Rowdy or tough behavior |
| Ruminate | To consider for a long time at a slow pace, to ponder |
| Sated | Satisfied fully, indulges to excess |
| Sordid | Filthy, foul |
| Subjugate | To bring under ones control |
| Surfeited | Fed or supplied to excess |
| Traducer | One who slanders or speaks falsely about someone |
| Usurp | To take possession or authority over something without right |
| Vehement | Forcefully expressing emotion or conviction |
| Verve | Energy or enthusaim |
| Virtuoso | One skilled in fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant |
| Wanton | Immoral or lewd |
| Waranted | Justified |