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WWW List 25 (TLC)
Word Within a Word Vocabulary List 25 and Review Vocab Lists 9 & 10
Term | Definition |
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introspective | inward looking |
intervene | come between |
syndrome | complex of symptoms |
subordinate | lower |
dissonant | inharmonious |
belligerent | warring |
credible | believable |
impending | overhanging |
polyphonic | multi-melodic |
exculpate | to free from blame |
euphemism | pleasant name |
benefactor | helper |
primate | monkeys, apes, humans |
magnate | powerful person |
vivacious | lively |
heliotropic | sun-following |
narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
octagenarian | an eighty-year-old |
cognoscenti | those who know |
surfeit | excess |
megalomania | delusions of greatness |
pellucid | crystal clear |
circumvent | get around |
hemiplegia | paralysis of one side |
amour-propre | self-love |
detract | to take away something |
infraction | violation |
platitude | flat remark |
apathy | lack of feeling |
infidel | non-believer |
cursory | superficial |
implicate | to connect to a crime |
immutable | never changing |
loquacious | too talkative |
aesthetic | of beauty |
decadence | moral decline |