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Lesson 5 AW
acclaim | to praise; to applaud |
accolade | expression of praise; mark of ackno |
arrogant | haughty; showing an attitude of superiority; contemptuously proud |
articulate | to express ideas; to put ideas into words and adj. able to express ideas well |
artisan | a craftsman; someone who works with their hands to create an object |
beleaguer | to besiege; to trouble; to harass; |
belittle | to disparge; to express disdain; to minimize or trivialize |
compelling | convincing; powerful; irresistible |
complacement | smug; self-satisfied; overly content |
convoluted | twisted; contorted; complicated |
demeanor | behavior; bearing; manner; attitude |
discerning | discriminating; perceptive; showing taste and judgment |
extol | to praise; to enthuse; to eulogize |
extravagant | excessive; exaggerated; going beyond what is warranted; spending a lot of money (usually unnecessarily) |
heed | to pay attention to; to listen to; to act upon advise |
inherent | build-in; natural, innate; necessarily part of |
mar | to spoil; disfigure; detract from; damage |
meander | to wander; to wind; to go without direction |
nonplussed | taken aback; surprised; disconcerted; thrown off balance |
nostalgia | looking back with fondess; wistful remembrance; sentimentality over the past |
perfuse | permeate or suffuse (something) with a liquid, color, quality, etc; a very rare word |
pragmatic | practical; talking a realistic approach; matter-of-fact |
provincial | in the provinces and not the capital; unsophisticated; not cosmopolitan |
revere | respect; honor; look up to |
rhetorical | using deliberate effects of style in speech or writing, possibly pomously |
serpentine | like a snake or serpent; winding; meandering; convoluted |
stoic | related to an ancient philosophy that emphasized patience; detachment and accepting the bad without emotion; referring to anyone showing resignation, uncomplaining patience |
upbraid | to reprimand; to schold; to reproach; to rebuke |
vitriolic | bitter; vindictive; malicious; acidic; poisonous |
vituperative | loudly and extravagantly critical; condemning severely; abusive |