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9 - Vocab Week #20
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bravado | (n) false courage |
| rue | (v) to regret |
| elan | (n) flair; personal style |
| platitude | (n) worn out saying |
| scintillating | (adj) stimulating |
| crass | (adj) crude; coarse |
| chagrin | (n) embarrassment |
| cede | (v) to surrender |
| arduous | (adj) difficult |
| spate | (n) sudden outpouring |
| unconscionable | (adj) unscrupulous; not fair or just |
| syntax | (n) construction of sentences |
| queue | (n) line |
| perquisite | (n) fringe benefit |
| megalomania | (n) exaggerated sense of one's importance |
| consign | (v) to give to another for care |
| obsequious | (adj) servile, overly attentive |
| niggardly | (adj) stingy |