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Avalos Week 12
40 words
Term | Definition |
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Alacrity | speed or quickness |
Alleviate | to make more bearable |
Burnish | to polish |
Chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to |
Dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
Dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
Enigma | a puzzle, a mystery |
Gullible | easily deceived |
Meticulous | extremely careful about details |
Philanthropy | charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness |
Amalgamate | to combine, to mix together |
Chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
Disabuse | to set right, free from error |
Enumerate | to count, list, itemize |
Impervious | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
Lassitude | state of diminished energy |
Occlude | to stop up, prevent the passage of |
Phlegmatic | calm and unemotional in temperament |
Quiescent | motionless |
Torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
Ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain, can be interpreted several ways |
Ameliorate | to make better; to improve |
Circumspect | cautious, aware of potential consequences |
Discern | to perceive or recognize |
Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
Latent | potential that is not readily apparent |
Onerous | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
Reticent | silent, reserved |
Sublime | lofty or grand |
Transitory | temporary, lasting a brief time |
Anachronism | something out of place in time |
Coalesce | to grow together to form a single whole |
Disparate | fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
Esoteric | known or understood only by a few |
Florid | excessively decorated or embellished |
Guile | deceit, trickery |
Homogeneous | of a similar kind |
Inchoate | not fully formed, disorganized |
Laud | to give praise, to glorify |
Misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |