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English Vocab 2

TermDefinition
bovine in the manner of a cow, dense
facetious treating serious issues with inappropriate humor, snarky
contrite deeply remorseful for a bad action, regretful
erudite showing great knowledge or learning, intelligent
anomaly something that deviates from what is expected or normal, exception
noxious very harmful, dangerous
bilk to cheat someone out of money or withhold money from someone by deceit
replete filled or well-supplied with something, full
blasphemy irreverence or profane talk about something considered sacred or holy, heresy
absolution formal release from guilt or punishment, forgiveness
ennui dissatisfaction or exhaustion caused by boredom, fatigue
temerity excessive or foolish boldness, cockiness
debacle a disaster, mess
deride to verbally rip apart, insult
cantankerous argumentative and uncooperative, ill-tempered
abstain restrain oneself from doing something or enjoying something, refrain
haughty arrogantly superior and disdainful, stuck-up
tenacious not letting go of or giving up on something one holds dear, loyal
acquiesce to accept something, allow
lampoon publicly ridicule, to shame
Created by: holterj789
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