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Vocab Week 1
Term | Definition |
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flamboyant | excessively showy: unrestrained |
intermittent | not continuous, happening at intervals |
impetus | a driving force, anything that causes an action; increased activity resulting from a driving force |
bewail | to express deep regret or sorrow over |
vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place |
insuperable | incapable of being overcome or defeated |
extol | to praise highly |
plumb | to measure the depth of water; to reach to the deepest part of; to solve; straight up and down, vertical |
destitute | without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life; lacking, devoid of |
emancipate | to free from slavery, to release or liberate |
wheedle | to coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise; to gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise |
obligatory | required or demanded |
maxim | a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying |
detract | to take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance from |
visage | face; facial expression |