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Day 2
Day 2 of vocab mountain
Term | Definition |
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Adulterate | render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one. |
Advocate | a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy |
aggrandize | increase the power, status, or wealth of |
alacrity | brisk and cheerful readiness. |
ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. |
ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. |
amenable | (of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled. |
anachronistic | belonging to a period other than that being portrayed. |
audacious | 1.showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. 2. showing an impudent lack of respect. |
avaricious | having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. |
banal | so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. |
benign | 1.gentle and kindly. 2. (of a disease) not harmful in effect. |
calumny | the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander. |
candid | 1. truthful and straightforward; frank. 2. (of a photograph of a person) taken informally, especially without the subject's knowledge. |
castigate | reprimand (someone) severely. |
caustic | 1. able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. 2. sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way. |
construe | interpret (a word or action) in a particular way. |
contrite | feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt. |
canvoluted | 1. (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. 2.intricately folded, twisted, or coiled. |
covet | yearn to possess or have (something). |
craven | contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. |
decorum | behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety. |
deft | neatly skillful and quick in one's movements |
demur | V. raise doubts or objections or show reluctance N. the action or process of objecting to or hesitating over something |
derivative | Adj. (typically of an artist or work of art) imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason. N. something that is based on another source |
desiccate | remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry. |
diatribe | a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something. |
incredulous | (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something. |
ingenuous | (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting. |