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ICB list 2
definition of terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Caustic | Severely critical or sarcastic |
| Candor | the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness |
| Cortege | A procession, especially a ceremonial one |
| Prevarications | the act of lying or lies itself |
| Bravura | a display of daring; brilliant performance |
| Purloined | to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer |
| Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two courses of action |
| Ominous | Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious |
| Disauded | To deter by advice or persuasion; to persuade not to do something |
| Querulous | full of complaints; complaining |