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Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cavort | To romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
| Credence | Belief, mental acceptance |
| Decry | To condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
| Dissemble | To disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
| Distraught | Very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
| Eulogy | A formal statement of commendation; high praise |
| Evince | To display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
| Exhume | To remove from a grave; to bring to light |
| Feckless | Lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
| Murky | Dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
| Nefarious | Wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
| Piquant | Stimulating to the taste of mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
| Primordial | Developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
| Propinquity | Nearness in place or time; kinship |
| Substantive | Real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic |
| Unwonted | Not usual or expected; not in character |
| Utopian | Founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
| Verbiage | Language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression |
| Verdant | Green in tint of color; immature in experience or judgement |
| Viscous | Having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |