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Dr. Li Test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Belligerent (adj) | hostile and aggressive |
| Commiserate (v) | express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize |
| Craven (adj) | contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly |
| Credulity (n) | a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true |
| Deluge (n) | a great flood of water; inundation; anything that overwhelms like a flood |
| Desultory (adj) | lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
| Ephemeral (adj) | lasting for a very short time; impermanent |
| Firebrand (n) | a person who is passionate about a particular cause, typically inciting change and taking radical action |
| Esoteric (adj) | intended for or likely to be understood by only only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest |
| Exonerate (v) | (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case |
| Extirpate (v) | root out and completely destroy |
| Glut (n) | an excessively abundant supply of something |
| Gregarious (adj) | (of a person) fond of company; sociable |
| Hackneyed (adj) | (of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite |
| Insipid (adj) | lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest |
| Melliflous (adj) | (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear |
| Mendacity (n) | untruthfulness |
| Paucity (n) | the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity |
| Spurious (adj) | not being what it purports to be; false of fake; (of a line of reasoning) apparantly but not actually valid |
| Timorous (adj) | showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence; subject to fear; timid |