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Word List Day 19

WordDefinition
equivocate try to deceive by equivocal language
gnaw waste away; bite steadily
wean to turn away (from a habit)
pry get something inquire too curiously
beatify to bless; make happy or ascribe a virtue to
discrete distinct
hegemony predominance
glut supply to much fill to excess
crease line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
ascertain get to know
foray to venture
guileless honest; straightforward
sting something sharp
splice join (two ends)
penitent feeling or showing regret
elegy a lament a melancholy composition
reticent reserved; untalkative; silent; taciturn
pusillanimous cowardly; craven
obtuse blunt/stupid
paucity scarcity a lacking of
retinue following; attendants
diatribe bitter and violent attack in words
cogitate think deeply mediate
consummate perfect/make; perfect/complete
stolid showing no emotion impassive
effrontery boldness impudence arrogance
dissolution disintegration looseness in morals
derision ridicule mockery deriding
indolence laziness
pyre large pile of wood for burning
erudite learned; scholarly
mercurial quick changeable in character fleeting
corporeal physical of or for the body
pedestrian commonplace trite unremarkable
equable steady; regular
Created by: ak16.94
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