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Lesson 7 AW
| accord | agreement; to bring into agreement or harmony |
| ambulatory | able to walk, not bedridden |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| belie | to show to be false |
| blatantly | obviously, without attempt to conceal |
| capricious | unpredictable; fickle, erratic |
| complaisant | trying to please |
| cordial | friendly; gracious; heartfelt |
| diminution | act or process of diminishing |
| edify | to instruct; morally teach or correct |
| furtive | stealthy, sneaky; sly |
| habitable | capable of being lived in, livable |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief/ accepted religion |
| impugn | to call into question; dispute; contradict (often insulting) |
| impulsive | affected by sudden desires and emotions; acting on the spur of the momment |
| iniquitous | wicked; immoral; unjust |
| jettison | to throw overboard; throw away; discared |
| orthodox | related to approved doctrine; traditional |
| oxymoron | a phrase in which the elements are apparently contradictory but accurate or true |
| peripatetic | nomadic; unsettled |
| portend | indicate in advance; foretell |
| refractory | stubborn; unmanageable |
| refute | disapprove; prove false |
| sententious | opinionated; self-righteous |
| stolid | unemotional; unruffled |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect; force or value |
| temperate | moderate; restrained; self-controlled |
| tenable | defensible; valid |
| vacillate | to waver; fluctuate |
| vociferious | given to shouting out noisily; clamorous |