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Vocab Set 9

QuestionAnswer
abyss a bottomless pit
beguile to charm in a fascinating way
canon a body of rules, principles or criteria
decry to speak out against strongly and openly; denounce
elicit to draw forth; evoke
felicitous aptly chosen; suitable; appropriate
gauche lacking social grace; crude; awkward; tactless
haughty having or showing great pride in oneself and scorn for others
imbue to permeate; pervade; saturate
laudable commendable; praiseworthy
manifesto a public declaration of motives and intentions
nomenclature the act or process of naming
opaque not letting light pass through; not transparent
pedantic teacherish in the negative sense of the world
quixotic idealistic and utterly impractical
recapitulate to restate briefly; summarize
seethe to be violently agitated or disturbed
tenet a principle or belief held as truth
venerable worthy of honor or respect because of age
wistful full of melancholy yearning; longing
decorum conformity to social conventions
paucity small amount; insufficient
recant to formally or publically renounce one's beliefs or statements
sentient conscious; capable of thinking or feeling
terse to the point; concise; succint
Created by: lunden
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