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Vocab 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| philander | to have many affairs |
| philanthropy | altruistic concern for human welfare |
| artisan | craftsperson |
| artifice | trickery |
| caustic | harsh or corrosive in tone |
| circumlocution | indirect way of speaking |
| circumvent | dodge |
| circumscribe | restrict |
| counterintuitive | different from expected |
| countermand | cancel an order |
| effusive | expressing a lot of emotion |
| profusion | large amount of something |
| iconic | widely recognized |
| iconoclast | person who criticizes widely accepted beliefs |
| idiomatic | peculiar to a specific group |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiar habit |
| disjunction | lack of connection |
| confluence | flowing together |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed |
| mellifluous | smooth flowing sound |