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Dr. Li Test 2
Term | Definition |
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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 |