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Lesson Eight
Word | Definition |
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apathy | a lack of interest or emotion |
bludgeon | to strike with a club |
cursory | performed quickly with little attention to detail |
eloquent | clear, expressive, and moving in speech |
forlorn | wretched, hopeless, and pitiful |
innumerable | too numerous to be counted |
murky | dark and gloomy |
ordeal | a painful or difficult experience |
phoenix | a bird of Egyptian mythology that periodically burned itself up and then rose from the ashes with renewed youth and vigor |
rebuff | to refuse bluntly |
scrupulous | very attentive to what is right and wrong |
specter | a ghostly apparition |
textile | cloth made from weaving or knitting |
ultimatum | a final demand or threat |
vanguard | the forwardmost units of an advancing army |