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Major Pettigrew Voca
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| derisive | Mocking |
| surfeit | An excessive amount |
| vertiginous | Causing dizziness due to great height |
| reticence | Only speaking as little as possible |
| absolutions | Forgiveness or pardonn |
| tumescent | Extravagant |
| churlish | Rude in a mean spirited way |
| pique | Interest or curiosity |
| lugubrious | Extreme sadness |
| blithe | Casual |
| dour | Stern or gloomy in appearance |
| capitulation | Surrendering as to avoid an opponents demands |
| atonal | Not written in any key |
| serried | Things standing close together |
| leer | To look with a sideways glance (sometimes suspiciously) |
| anathema | Shunned |
| dilettantism | Doing something for fun, being an amateur, not going try hard |
| effrontery | Insulting behavior |
| rebuke | Expression of sharp disapproval |
| inveigle | To persuade someone to do something by means of flattery |
| taciturn | Quite |
| untenable | Not able to defend an objection in an argument |
| patrimony | Property inherited from ones father |
| moniker | A name |
| affecting | Moving |