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Jones vocab 11-15
Question | Answer |
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Aesthetic | pleasing to the senses |
Catalyst | something that causes or speeds up a process |
Disparage | to speak ill of |
Ingratiate | to flatter someone |
Insipid | boring |
Peerless | without an equal |
Propriety | correctness |
Virtuoso | a master performer |
Vitriolic | hurtful |
Whimsical | impulsive |
Amicable | peaceable |
Devious | sneaky |
Dissonance | an unpleasant sound |
Efface | to remove all traces of |
Garrulous | long winded |
Immutable | changeless |
Ponderous | Weighty |
Predecessor | someone earlier |
Rebuff | to treat coldly |
Static | stationary |
Acquiesce | to consent |
Articulate | using words effectively |
Belittle | to put down |
Bombastic | pompous |
Conciliatory | soothing |
Delineate | to portray |
Diffident | hesitant |
Laconic | brief |
Scanty | insufficient |
Subjugate | to dominate |
Anarchy | disorder |
Authoritarian | favoring firm discipline |
Depravity | wickedness |
Meager | inadequate |
predilection | a liking |
Quixotic | noble but rash |
Salutary | wholesome |
Suppress | to overcome |
Temerity | recklessness |
Turbulence | wild disorder |
Callous | unfeeling |
Desecrate | to dishonor |
Evanescent | briefly present |
Heed | to listen to |
Indigent | needy |
Pargon | an ideal example |
Provincial | narrow minded |
Steadfast | faithful |
Supercilious | snobbish |
Usurp | to steal |