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Fill It Ins #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accolade | an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit. |
| alleviated | made (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe |
| appeasing | relieving or satisfying (a demand or a feeling) |
| augmented | made (something) greater by adding to it; increased |
| auspicious | conducive to success; favorable |
| austere | severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance |
| benign | showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness |
| blasphemy | the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously sacred things; profane talk |
| blithe | showing a casual and cheerful indifference |
| catalyst | a person or thing that precipitates an event |
| chimera | a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve |
| credible | able to be believed; convincing |
| culminated | reached a climax or point of highest development |
| cursory | hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed |
| curtailing | reducing in extent or quantity; imposing a restriction on |
| dilettante | a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge |
| discreet | careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage |
| dogmatic | inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true |
| dormant | having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep |
| eminent | famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession |
| emulate | match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation |
| epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned |
| equitable | fair and impartia |
| esoteric | intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interestexhort |
| exigent | pressing; demanding |
| exonerated | absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case |
| expatriated | settled outside one’s native country |
| flout | openly disregard (a rule, law or convention) |
| fluent | able to express oneself easily and articulately |
| fomented | instigated or stirred up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action) |
| fulminated | havingexpressed vehement protest |
| hedonist | a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker |
| indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; nativeingenuous |
| instigate | to bring about or initiate (an action or event); incite someone to do something, especially something bad |
| largesse | money or gifts given generousl |
| lucid | expressed clearly; easy to understand |
| malaise | a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
| martyr | a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefsmetamorphosis |
| milieu | a person's social environment |
| morose | sullen and ill-tempered |
| mortifying | cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated |
| obstreperous | noisy and difficult to control |
| patrician | an aristocrat or nobleman |
| pejorative | expressing contempt or disapproval |
| pensive | engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought |
| philistine | a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them |
| putative | generally considered or reputed to be |
| serendipitous | occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way |
| subjugated | dominated or controlled, especially by conquest |
| supernumerary | present in excess of the normal or requisite number, in particular |
| tenuous | very weak or sligh |
| truculent | eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant |
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