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Unit 13 Vocab- set 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstruse | extremely difficult to understand |
| affront | to insult, or an insult |
| canard | false rumor, hoax |
| captious | fault finding, nit picking |
| cognizant | knowledgable, aware |
| contrite | feeling apologetic or guilty |
| cynosure | main attraction, focus of attention |
| decorous | well behaved, socially proper |
| deign | doing something beneath you |
| desiccated | dried out |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| engender | to cause, to produce |
| ethereal | light, delicate, heavenly |
| facade | front of a building, outside appearance |
| ghoulish | monstrous, morbid |
| incongruous | does not go well together, incompatible |
| machination | a scheme, a plot of destruction |
| mesmerize | to hypnotize, to captivate |
| opprobrium | disgrace arising from shameful conduct |
| putative | reputed, suggested, believed to be true |