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GITM Vocab #16-29
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| derided | to laugh at contemptuously (in despising manner) (mean laugh) |
| nemisis | one that inflicts retribution or vengance |
| reek | a strong or disagreeable fume or odor |
| wafted | to have moved or gone on lightly as if on a bought medium |
| putrescent | the smell of decay |
| misdeed | wrong deed or offense |
| culpability | meriting guilt or blame |
| sycophants | servile self-seeking flatterers |
| cohorts | a group of individuals having something in common |
| epithets | disparaging words or phrases |
| ominously | foreshadowing evil |
| bravado | pretense of bravery (pretending to be brave but not) |
| infuriate | to make angry |
| putrid | rotten |
| alacrity | promptness in response |
| regale | to give pleasure or amusement to |
| sultry | very hot and humid |
| simmering | just below the boiling point |
| ambled | a leisurely walk |
| ebony | black; dark |
| baliwick | a special domain |
| rejoined | to say often sharply or critically in response |
| portals | doors, entrances, especially grand or imposing ones |
| lingered | to be slow in parting or quitting something |
| insufferable | not to be endured |
| dejection | lowness of spirits |
| intolerable | unendurable |
| reiterate | to state or do over again repeatedly |
| discombobulate | upset, confuse |
| diffidently | hesitant in acting or speaking due to a lack of self-confidence |
| earnestly | seriously and intent |