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GregMat Group 12
GregMat Vocab Mountain Group 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | (typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter. |
| belligerent | hostile and aggressive. |
| beneficent | (of a person) generous or doing good. |
| canny | having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters. |
| cavalier | "1. showing a lack of proper concern; offhand. 2. a dashing and attentive man, especially one acting as a lady's escort. 3. a small spaniel of a breed with a long snout." |
| distressed | 1. suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. 2. (of furniture or clothing) having simulated marks of age and wear. |
| dwindling | gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength. |
| eclipse | 1. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination. 2. a loss of significance or power in relation to another person or thing. |
| encyclopedic | comprehensive in terms of information. |
| exacerbate | make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. |
| exasperated | intensely irritated and frustrated. |
| fungible | (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. |
| hackneyed | (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite. |
| incongruous | not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something. |
| interchangeable | 1. apparently identical; very similar. 2. (of two things) able to be interchanged. |
| laconic | (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words. |
| lucrative | producing a great deal of profit. |
| magisterial | having or showing great authority./domineering; dictatorial. |
| onerous | (of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty. |
| opprobrium | harsh criticism or censure. |
| parsimonious | very unwilling to spend money or use resources. |
| peripheral | 1. relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something. 2. of secondary or minor importance; marginal. |
| provocative | causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately. |
| renounce | "formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession)." |
| tempestuous | 1. characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion. 2. very stormy. |
| tenable | 1. able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. 2. (of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used. |
| transgression | an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence. |
| urbane | (of a person, especially a man) courteous and refined in manner. |
| verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or real. |
| vitiate | spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of. |
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