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English Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dogmatic (adj) | dictatorial,opinionated |
| eclectic (adj) | assorted, diverse, various |
| efficacy (n) | power, effectiveness |
| emulate (v) | to copy or imitate the actions of another |
| ephemeral (adj) | momentary, brief |
| equivocal (adj) | doubtful, uncertain |
| esoteric (adj) | mysterious, obscure |
| evanescent (adj) | vanishing or likely to vanish like vapour |
| expurgate (v) | to remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene |
| facetious (adj) | joking, humorous |
| fatuous (adj) | foolish, idiotic |
| feckless (adj) | feeble or ineffective |
| garrulous (adj) | talkative, chatty |
| gauche (adj) | lacking social polish, tactless |
| guile (n) | slyness, cleverness, deceit |
| hackneyed (adj) | antiquated |
| iconoclast (n) | critic |
| impetuous (adj) | impulsive |
| impute (v) | to accuse |
| incontrovertible (adj) | impossible to dispute; unquestionable |
| inculcate (v) | to instill; to teach by repitition |
| indelible (adj) | permanent |
| innocuous (adj) | harmless |
| intrepid (adj) | brave |
| irascible (adj) | grouchy |
| aberrant (adj) | not normal |
| abjure (v) | to renounce under oath |
| abrogate (v) | to abolish |
| abstemious (adj) | eating and drinking in moderation |
| acumen (n) | quickness, accuracy |
| aesthetic (adj) | beautiful |
| aggrandize (v) | to make greater in power |
| assiduous (adj) | unceasing |
| auspicious (adj) | favorable |
| belie (v) | to picture falsely |
| bellicose (adj) | warlike in manner |
| benevolent (adj) | charitable, kind |
| burgeon (v) | to begin to grow |
| chicanery (n) | deception by trickery |
| churlish (adj) | boorish or vulgar |
| circumlocution (n) | the use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
| circumnavigate (v) | to proceed completely around |
| complaisant (adj) | cheerfully obliging |
| condescending(adj) | snobby, disdainful |
| corroborate (v) | to strengthen or support with other evidence |
| culpable (adj) | blameful for being wrong |
| deleterious (adj) | having a harmful effect |
| deprecation (n) | disapproval of |
| diffident (adj) | lacking, shy |
| disdain (v) | despise |
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