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Lesson 4 AW

QuestionAnswer
bastion a fortified place; a person, place , or institution upholding particular values or ideas
clemency showing mercy; forbearance; compassion; leniency
conundrum a riddle; puzzle
didactic serving to teach or instruct
delineate to sketch or trace in outline; to portray in words
diatory slow; tardy; procrastinating
diettante someone who takes up an art, activity or subject in a superficial way
extemporize to make something up as one goes along
hedonist one who id devoted to pleasure and self-gratification
impudence rudeness; insolence
infamous having an exteremely bad reputation
marginal situated at the outer limits; on the border or edge
nihilism complete rejection of established instructions and laws; the belief in nothingness or the nonexistence of reality.
penurious extremely poor; destitue
perfidious deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful
populist member of a political party that extols the virtues of the common man; an underdog
prolific characterized by abundant production; fruitful
propitiate to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate
propriety conformity to established standards of good behavior or manners; rightness
reciprocity mutual exchange
recondite dealing with a very profound, abstruse or difficult subject matter
restitution paying back a debt; restoring to an original state
retract to draw back or in
sedentary characterized by sitting position
stigmatize to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon someone or thing
tangent in physical contact at a single point, such as a line touching the circumference of a circle
tangible capable of being touched; material or substantial
virulent poisonous, malignant, spiteful, hostile
visceral reacting on gut feeling or instinct as opposed to considering something carefully
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