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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advocate: | to support (a cause); (n.) a supporter or defender of a cause |
| Augment: | to increase; to make greater; to enlarge |
| Capitulate: | to surrender; to give in or accept defeat (unwillingly) |
| Circumspect: | cautious; aware of potential consequences |
| Didactic: | intended to teach instruct, including moral instruction |
| Egregious: | outstandingly bad; shocking |
| Emigrate: | to leave one's home country or area to live in another |
| Flourish: | to grow, thrive, be prosperous; (n) a dramatic gesture |
| Grovel: | to beg; to lower oneself to please another or garner forgiveness; to crawl |
| Heresy: | an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| Anomalous: | abnormal or irregular; departing from the usual |
| Arduous: | requiring much effort; difficult and tiring |
| Buffoon: | a clown; a coarse, stupid person |
| Clemency: | mercy, humaneness; leniency |
| Diatribe: | a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something |
| Egocentric: | self-centered, selfish |
| Fallacy: | a false notion or belief; an error in thinking due to unsound logic |
| Fluke: | unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck |
| Genteel: | well-mannered; refined; polite |
| Grimace: | a wry face; facial distortion to exhibit pain, fear, disgust, or irritation |
| Acquiesce: | to accept without protest; to comply |
| Blithe: | Showing a casual indifference (so as to be thought careless or inconsiderate) |
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