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ENG Week 32 Vocab

TermDefinition
Altercate to dispute angrily or noisily
Ambiguity a word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways
Brawny muscular; strong, powerful
Dormancy the quality or state of being inactive
Drone to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone
Engender to cause to exist or to develop
Figurehead a head or chief in name only
Finesse skillful handling of a situation; adroit maneuvering
Flamboyant marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
Impoverished deprived of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential
Impromptu composed or uttered without previous preparation
Impunity exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
Languid drooping or flagged form or as if from exhaustion
Lank not well filled out; slender, thin
Lassitude a condition of weariness or debility
Mutinous disposed to or being in a state of resistance to lawful authority
Necromancer one who conjured spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events; magician, sorcerer
Placate to soothe or mollify especially by concessions
Regalia decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership
Rendezvous a meeting at an appointed time or place
Amass to collect for oneself
Ambidextrous using both hands with equal ease
Ambrosial extremely pleasing to taste or smell
Brigand one who lives by plunder usually as a member of a band
Bristle to take on an aggressively defensive attitude
Created by: pari.0912
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