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vocab 13 &14

eng 3

QuestionAnswer
nirvana a condition of great peace or happiness
salutary healthful; wholesome
despicable contemptible; hateful
harlequin a clown
empathy an understanding of another's feelings
brevity briefness; short duration
savant a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
obsequious excessively submissive or overly attentive
redundant repetitious; using more words than needed
offal garbage; waste parts
hoi polli the common people; the masses
sentient conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving
impinge to encroach; to trespass
cataract a large waterfall
animosity hatred
bombast impressive but meaningless language
orthography correct spelling
paleontology a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils
recoil to retreat; to draw back
panache self confidence; a showy manner
saturnine gloomy; sluggish
endemic confined to a particular country or area
mendacious lying; false; deceitful
obviate to prevent; to get around
paroxysm a sudden outburst; a fit
aggrandize to increase the range of OR to make appear larger
deign to lower oneself before an inferior
flaunt to show off
shibboleth a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as a of a particular group
elicit to draw forth; to call forth
Created by: epurcell7
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