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WWW List 25 (TLC)
Word Within a Word Vocabulary List 25 and Review Vocab Lists 9 & 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |