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Unit 7-9

Unit 7

TermDefinition
allay to calm or pacify, to lessen; to reduce; not aggravate
bestial beastly, brutal; depraved; not human
convivial festive, genial; merry; not dou
coterie a circle of acquaintances, a close-knit group of people; clique
counterpart a complement; match
demur to object; to protest
effrontery impudence; chutzpah or gall; not timidity
embellish to decorate, touch up; garnish
ephemeral short-lived; transitory, fleating; not durable
felicitous appropriate, apt, happy; well-put; not graceless
furtive done slyly or stealthily, secret; surrpetitious
garish glaring, tastelessly showy; gaudy, loud
illusory misleading, not based on reality; imaginary; not real
indigent impoverished; penniless, destitute; not wealthy
inordinate excessive; exorbitant; not moderate
jettison get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome; discard, dump; not retain
misanthrope a person who hates or despises people
pertinacious very persistent, hard to get rid of
picayune of little value or importance; inconsequential; not important
raiment clothing; apparel
allege to assert without proof; to claim
arrant out and out, blatant
badinage light and playful conversation; banter, persiflage, repartee
conciliate to appease, pacify; to placate; not antagonize
countermand to cancel or reverse; to revoke; not reaffirm
echelon one of a series of grades in an organization, a steplike formation of arrangement
exacerbate to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful; to intensify, aggravate
fatuous stupid or foolish; inane; not intelligent
irrefutable beyond argument; incontrovertible
juggernaut a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path; destructive force
lackadaisical lacking spirit, halfhearted; indolent; not energetic
litany a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; catalog
macabre grisly, gruesome; ghoulish
paucity scarcity, dearth; lack; not abundance
portend to give advance warning of; foreshadow, signify
raze to tear down; demolish; not erect
recant to withdraw a staement, renounce, retract; not reaffirm
saturate to soak thoroughly; drench
saturnine of a gloomy or surly disposition; sullen; not cheerful
slough to cast off, discard; shed; not assume
acclamation an overwhelming verbal vote of approval; not jeers or catcalls
bucolic rural, pastoral; rustic; not metroplitan
calumniate to slander, accuse falsely and maliciously; defame
chary extremely cautious, hesitant; wary
collusion secret agreement; conspiracy, complicity
dilettante a dabbler in the arts; amateur; not professional
imperturbable not easily excited; unflappable, unexcitable
increment increase, addition
mandate an authoritative command, formal order, to issue such an order; directive; not forbid
paltry insignificant,inferior; meager, trivial
paroxysm a sudden outburst, spasm; fit
pedantry a pretentious display of knowledge, overly rigid attention to rules and details; nitpicking
peregrination the act of traveling; journey, odyssey
redolent fragrant; evocative; not unevocative
refulgent shining; luminous
shibboleth a commonplace saying or truism; catch-phrase
tyro a beginner; neophyte; not veteran
unremitting not stopping; incessant, ceaseless; intermittent
vacillate to waver weakly in mind or will; not persevere or be constant
vituperative harshly abusive; abusive, insulting
Created by: Wintersblessings
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