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25 Word List
25 new vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auspicious | Promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success |
| Resounding | Impressively loud or booming....emphatic, unequivocal |
| Commotion | A loud raucous, or cacophony, chaos |
| Unbated | Being at full strength or force |
| Methodical | Logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form |
| Adulation | Obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise |
| Penchant | A desire, a strong interest |
| Junket | A trip, journey: such as a trip made by an official at public expense |
| Pensive | Reflecting deep or profound thought |
| Defiant | Angry, stubborn, aggressively resisting |
| Punctillious | Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior |
| Incessant | Nonstop, continuing without pause or interruption |
| Prophetic | Far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently |
| Indigenous | Native to an area |
| Decorum | An orderly, manner-filled presence |
| Facade | The face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, facean outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality |
| Prophetic | Far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently |
| Proponent | Someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause |
| Console | To soothe or make feel better |
| Mediate | To bring together, to help make conflicting people or groups come to an agreement |
| Revelation | A revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea |
| Permeate | Throughout, soaked penetrate |
| Ominous | Threatening, foreboding |
| Errant | Straying outside the proper path or bounds (an errant calf).... moving about aimlessly or irregularly |
| Rogue | A dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel... a mischievous person |