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English 4 vocabulary
Vocabulary #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| glib | done in a smooth, offhand manner; easily spoken; speaking too smoothly to be sincere. |
| lugubrious | sad or mournful, often to an exaggerated degree; doleful. |
| finesse | delicate skill; subtlety; to bring about with skill; to evade. |
| nemesis | an avenger; an unbeatable rival; a person who punishes another for evil deeds. |
| purloins | to steal. |
| banal | commonplace; trite; stale from overuse. |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name assumed by an author; pen name. |
| lampoon | strongly satirical writing; to ridicule or satirize. |
| nefarious | villainous; infamous; having a bad reputation |
| bellicose | quarrelsome; hostile; inclined to fighting. |
| ubiquitous | everywhere |
| succinct | to the point |
| affable | friendly |
| loquacious | talkative |
| vortex | the center of the eye |
| odious | hateful |
| chicanery | deception by trickery or subterfuge |
| enervate | to deprive of strength or vitality-to weaken or deplete |
| feckless | lacking purpose, feeble, ineffective, careless |
| paradigm | an example or model |
| sanguine | 1)reddish 2)cheerful |