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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Audacious | showing willingness to take bold risks |
| Cajole | persuade by coaxing & flattery |
| Conciliatory | intend or likely to pacify |
| Derisive | expressing contempt or ridicule |
| Disparage | regard or represent as being of little worth |
| Edification | instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually |
| Egregious | outstandingly bad, shocking |
| Elucidate | make something clear; explain |
| Erudite | having or showing great knowledge |
| Exacerbate | make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse |
| Fatuous | silly and pointless |
| Gauche | lacking ease or grace, unsophisticated & socially awkward |
| Incredulous | (of a person) unwilling or unable to believe something |
| Laudable | (of and action, idea, or goal) deserving praise |
| Magnanimous | very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival |
| Mollify | appease the anger or anxiety of (someone) |
| Obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action |
| Pensive | engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep, serious thought |
| Poignant | evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret |
| Prodigious | remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree |
| Prosaic | having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty |
| Superfluous | unnecessary, especially through being more than enough |
| Subjugate | bring under domination or control, especially by conquest |
| Tenuous | very weak or slight |
| Vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate or intense |