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College English 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plebeian | common/ordinary |
| Obsequious | stuck up, brown noser |
| Maudlin | made foolish my liquor, sickening and over the top |
| Perfunctory | done mechanically without interest |
| Inane | silly |
| Flagrant | obviously wrong |
| Sadistic | cruel - pleasure in hurting others |
| Presumptuous | confident, arrogant |
| Surreptitious | doing something in secret |
| Abortive | failing |
| Wanton | heartless, loose moraled |
| Crass | stupid in inconsiderate manner, very rude |
| Macabre | pertaining to death, gruesome |
| Dogmatic | believes in only one possible, right way |
| Vitriolic | sarcastic, bitter |
| Intermittent | start/stop/start/stop |
| Sardonic | bitter, scornful |
| Desultory | passing irregularly from one thing to another |
| Subversive | tending to destroy, bringing everyone else down |