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LoD Vocab
Term | Definition |
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acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
capitulation | the act of surrendering or yielding |
diminutive | indicating small size and sometimes the state or quality of being familiarly known, lovable, pitiable, or contemptible |
fervent | exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling |
guile | deceitful, cunning |
haughty | having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
languid | sluggish in character or disposition drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion |
precarious | characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger |
rudiment | a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill ;something unformed or undeveloped |
aberration | something or someone regarded as atypical and therefore able to be ignored or discounted |
clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy |
eminence | a position of prominence or superiority |
formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension; having qualities that discourage approach or attack |
impervious | not capable of being affected or disturbed |
incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
petulance | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
reprieve | to delay the punishment of ;to give relief or deliverance to for a time |
visceral | dealing with crude or elemental emotions |
affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
derisive | expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn |
egregious | conspicuously bad |
impeccable | free from fault or blame ; flawless |
inundate | to overwhelm |
palpable | capable of being touched or felt; easily perceptible |
sublime | to elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor |
ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered |
volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |