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Key Terms Group 3
Term | Definition |
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acumen (noun) | keen, accurate judgement or insight |
aver (verb) | to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
diatribe (noun) | a harsh denouncement |
dissemble (verb) | to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
evanescent (adj.) | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
fortuitous (adj.) | happening by accident or chance |
germane (adj.) | relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
grandiloquence (noun) | pompous speech or expression |
hegemony (noun) | the consistent dominance of one state or group over others |
iconoclast (noun) | one who attacks of undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
implacable (adj.) | not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
impunity (noun) | immunity from punishment or penalty |
inchoate (adj.) | in an initial stage; not fully formed |
insipid (adj.) | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge |
mendacity (noun) | the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
obdurate (adj,) | unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
occlude (verb) | to obstruct or block |
opprobrium (noun) | disgrace; contempt; scorn |
penury (noun) | poverty; destitution |
pith (noun) | the essential or central part |
pithy (adj.) | precise and brief |
platitude (noun) | a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful |
polemical (adj.) | controversial; argumentative |
prodigal (adj.) | recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
querulous (adj.) | prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
recalcitrant (adj.) | obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
repudiate (verb) | to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
salubrious (adj.) | promoting health or well-being |
solvent (adj.) | able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
specious (adj.) | seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
spurious (adj.) | lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
surfeit (verb)/(noun) | an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply in excess |