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LA. Vocab List 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| VAPID | adj. dull, tedious; without liveliness or spirit; lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor// n. vapidity, vapidness, adv. vapidly/ |
| EDIFICATION | n. uplifting enlightenment; intellectual, moral, spiritual improvement; enlightenment; an act of uplifting// v. edify, adj. edifying, edified |
| ASCERTAIN | v. to find out definitely; to determine; to learn with certainty// n/a |
| PASSE | adj. no longer fashionable; out of date; past one’s prime; outmoded// n/a |
| ENSUE | v. to follow in order; to come afterward; to follow as consequence or result// adj. ensuing |
| NEBULOUS | adj. unclear, indistinct, indefinite; hazy or cloudy, as in understanding or meaning// n. nebulousness, adv. nebulously |
| BROWBEAT | v. to bully or intimidate someone sternly; to badger or nag (someone)// adj. browbeaten |
| EQUITY | n. fairness; just and fair treatment; actions, treatment of others, or general condition characterized by justice, fairness, and impartiality// adj. equitable, adv. equitly |
| FURTIVE | adj. secretive, shifty; stealthy; done in a way that is intended to escape notice; sneaky// n. furtiveness |
| SQUALID | adj. neglected and dirty; in sanitary, unpleasant; filthy, foul, nasty// n. squalor, adv. squalidly |
| FERAL | adj. gone wild, savage, untamed// n. ferality, adv. ferally |
| IMPASSIVE | adj. expressionless; showing no outward sign of mention, especially on the face; unemotional// n. impassivity, adv. impassivity |
| BOVINE | adj.(n.) of or relating to cows or cattle; slow In thought or movement)// n/a |
| ADAMANT | adj. determined, unyielding, obstinate, stubborn; resolute, unmoving, inflexible (with regard to decisions or ideas)// n. adamance, adv. adamantly |
| BREVITY | n. briefness; the use of few words; conciseness; terseness// n/a |
| REVERENT | adj. deeply respectful// adj. revered, n. reverence, v. revere, adv. reverently |
| VENEER | n. a facade or deceptive show; a superficial, usually pleasing, appearance. a decorative facing, as of brick// n/a |
| SAVOR | v. to perceive by taste or smell; to give oneself over to the enjoyment of// adj. savory, n. savoriness |
| GARISH | adj. crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate; unsophisticated and gaudy// n. garishness, adv. garishly |
| UNDUE | adj. unwarranted, excessive; inappropriate, unjustified// n. unduly |
| IRASCIBLE | adj. easily provoked to anger; very irritable// adv. irascibly, n. irascibility |
| FLORID | adj. reddish, ruddy, rosy; flowery, excessively ornate// adv. flordly, n. floridity, floridness |
| PITHY | adj. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of substance and meaning// n. pith, pithiness, adv. pithly |
| PURLOIN | v. to take dishonestly; to steal, flinch, pinch, or pilfer// adj. purloined |
| VEHEMENT | adj. zealous, ardent, impassioned; strongly emotional; intense or passionate// n. vehemence, adv. vehemently |
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