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English Vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. austere (adj.) | severe; strict |
| 2. calumny (n.) | falseness; dishonesty; maliciousness |
| 3. desecrate (v.) | to render unholy |
| 4. eclat (n) | brilliance (a brilliant performance) |
| 5. fecund (adj) | highly productive; fertile |
| 6. germane (adj) | relevant |
| 7. hyperbole (n) | excessive exaggeration |
| 8. imbue (v.) | absorb; permeate |
| 9. jostle (v) | push against; collide |
| 10. latent (adj) | hidden; not apparent |
| 11. martinet (n) | strict disciplinarian |
| 12. odium (n) | extreme dislike or disapproval of a person or action; hatred |
| 13. paragon (n) | a model of excellence |
| 14. rankle (v) | to annoy, make worse;to vex |
| 15. secular (adj) | not belonging to a religious order |
| 16. temporize (v) | not committing to oneself (beat around the bush) |
| 17. vulpine (adj) | crafty; slick; sly |
| 18. wan | pale |
| 19. atrophy (n) | the condition of wasting away |
| 20. atrophy (v) | the action of wasting away |
| 21. cleavage (n) | a division |
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