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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| desultory | disappointing in performance |
| diatribe | bitter |
| dichotomy | branching into two parts |
| veracious | truthful, honest |
| truculence | aggressiveness |
| occlude | to close up or block off |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of |
| craven | lacking courage |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm |
| reclusive | seeking isolation |
| recondite | difficult to understand |
| erudition | deep scholarly knowldege |
| antipathy | intense dislike |
| zealotry | intolerance of conflicting beliefs |
| desiccate | dry up |
| assuage | alleviate, ease or lessen |
| prodigality | recklessness with money |
| equivocate | speak misleadingly |
| engender | cause to exist or to develop |
| propriety | correctness of behavior |
| precipitate | showing undue haste or expectedness |
| pedantic | showing off ones learning |
| euphemism | mild expression used in place of an unpleasant one. ex; nazis used different name for genocide. |