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Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assiduous | hard-working |
| caustic | vitriolic |
| chastise | to censure |
| elucidate | to explain |
| exalt | to extol |
| fallacious | erroneous |
| hypocrisy | duplicity |
| insurgent | anarchist |
| placid | peaceful |
| trite | hackneyed |
| colloquial | conversational |
| crass | profane |
| discerning | observant |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| incisive | clearly direct |
| judicious | well-thought out |
| prerogative | decision |
| tacit | implied |
| tactless | callous |
| whet | to incite |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| assent | to acquiesce |
| haphazard | desultory |
| incontrovertible | irrefutable |
| intangible | abstract |
| negate | to rescind |
| potent | powerful |
| rigorous | formidable |
| spurious | apocryphal |
| therapeutic | healing |
| altercation | fight |
| circumspect | cautious |
| deference | respect |
| guile | duplicity |
| impassive | stoic |
| malevolent | hateful |
| placate | to assuage |
| pugnacious | argumentative |
| tirade | diatribe |
| volatile | unpredictable |
| capricious | unpredictable |
| catharsis | release |
| discrepancy | distinction |
| ephemeral | evanescent |
| induce | to encourage |
| phenomenon | event |
| rectify | to correct |
| resolution | decision |
| retract | to take back |
| serene | placid |