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Word List Day 18
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| quixotic | fanciful, fantastic, imaginary |
| fracas | noisy; quarrel |
| putrefaction | becoming rotten |
| torpid | dull and slow |
| assuage | make something (pain desire) less |
| insinuate | suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently |
| sycophant | person who flatter to the rich and powerful |
| urbane | elegant refined in manners |
| ebullience | exuberance outburst of feeling |
| austere | severely moral and strict simple and plain |
| inadvertent | not paying proper attention |
| assail | attack violently |
| stingy | spending using unwillingly |
| equivocal | having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious |
| proclivity | inclination |
| cower | crouch shrink back |
| colander | bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water |
| maul | hurt by rough handling |
| provisional | of the present time only |
| burnish | to polish; rub to a shine |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| dirge | a song of grief or lamentation |
| ire | anger |
| vain | without use result conceited |
| ruddy | reddish, healthy-looking |
| forfeit | suffer the loss of something |
| engender | cause produce give rise to |
| occluded | blocked up |
| rotund | rich and deep; plump and round |
| puerile | childish |
| savant | person of great learning |
| profuse | abundant/lavish |
| enervate | weaken deprive of strength attenuate |
| adamant | kind of stone; inflexible |
| dynamo | a generator something that produces electric current |