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S2 Week 6 Vocab

TermDefinitionExamples
badinage banter Their ___ was very entertaining: witty puns and playful insults bounced back and forth like tennis balls.
colloquy a conference, formal conversation The ___ between the heads of state went on for hours.
dissemble to disguise, pretend, feign When asked why he was in the off-limits area, the spy was forced to ___ and said that he had gotten lost.
expatiate to elaborate, dilate, discourse The orator ___ on the virtues of ancient Athens.
hegemony dominance, leadership China sought to establish its ___ in Southeast Asia.
macerate to soften, to emaciate The process involves ___ the tree bark in water for several hours.
maelstrom a whirlpool The ship’s captain awoke from a nightmare in which his ship sucked into a ___.
nascent beginning to exist, incipient ( looks like the word behind this) Jane’s parents try to encourage her ___ interest in classical music.
ostensible pretending, apparent He is ___ an accountant, but in fact he is a daring secret agent.
peripatetic walking about, PEdestrian The ___ actors wandered through the countryside, performing in every town they entered.
phlegmatic unemotional, undemonstrative Bob’s aloofness makes him seem ___, but he is only really shy.
precipitous extremely steep, PRECIPICE The mountain presented a ___ wall of rock on its eastern face.
profligate extravagant, wasteful; immoral The ___ young nobleman wasted their lives gambling and drinking.
putative supposed, rePUTed This secretary has good references, but her ___ skills are nonexistent: she can’t type or do shorthand.
raillery banter, good-natured teasing The throwing of the bride’s bouquet was accompanied by some ___ about old maids.
Created by: Salem A.
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