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Top twenty-five term
Term | Definition |
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auspicious | Promising, favorable |
commotion | A loud raucous |
methodical | in a certain order |
penchant | A desire |
pensive | Reflecting deep or profound thought |
punctillious | follows directions |
incessant | Nonstop, continuing without pausing or interruption |
prophetic | Farseeing, predictive |
indigenous | Native to an area |
decorum | an orderly, manner-filled presence |
facade | the face of a building |
proponent | someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause |
console | to soothe or make feel better |
mediate | to bring to the middle |
revelation | a revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea |
permeate | throughout, soaked penetrate |
ominous | threatening, foreboding |
errant | straying outside the proper path or bounds |
rogue | a dishonest or worthless person |
resounding | Impressively loud or booming |
unabated | being at full strength or force |
adulation | obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise |
junket | trip, journey |
defiant | indignant, rebellious |
tenacious | determined |
sequence | first, next, then, finally |
defiant | stubborn, angry |
dialect | accent, slang talk |
allusion | reference to the bible |
tone | author, voice |
mood | reader, feeling |
problem/solution | locked out/ break in window |
connotation | fierce, whispering, golden, dark |
compare/ contrast | similarities, differences |
expository | article, factual |