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Jan6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| circumscribe (v) | enclose or encircle |
| polemical (a) | strongly opinionated |
| exploit (n) | deed, act, especially a notable, memorable, or heroic act |
| calumny (n) | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation, slander He denounced his opponent for his defamatory insinuations and calumny |
| obloquy (n) | abusive language |
| garland (n) | circular or spiral arrangement of intertwined material (such as flowers or leaves) They placed a garland of flowers around her neck. |
| bifurcated (a) | divided into two branches or parts |
| artifice (n) | a trickery or deception |
| pedantic (a) | narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned |
| minutia (n) | a minute or minor detail, trifle He was bewildered by the contract's minutiae. |
| enthrall (v) | hold spellbound, charm We listened, enthralled, to the elder's oral history. |
| approbation (n) | commendation, praise |
| tortuous (a) | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns, winding, crooked a tortuous path/conspiracy |
| dissipate (v) | break up and drive off; cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish; spend or use up wastefully or foolishly dissipate a crowd; one's sympathy is eventually dissipated; dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures |
| indolence (n) | inclination to laziness, sloth |
| effervescent (a) | having the property of forming bubbles; marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality effervescent beverage; She was a marvel with the press: fresh, direct, effervescent. |
| deplorable (a) | deserving censure or contempt; surprisingly bad deplorable behavior, grade |
| inundate (v) | overwhelm was inundated with phone calls |
| desultory (a) | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose; not connected with the main subject; disappointing in progress, performance, or quality desultory shopping/comments/wine |
| byzantine (a) | complicated, intricately involved : labyrinthine |
| brusque (a) | markedly short and abrupt; blunt a brusque reply; was brusque with the customers |
| pacific (a) | peaceful |
| metastasize (v) | spread or grow by metastasis (change of position, state, or form) died of lung cancer which had metastasized throughout his body |
| berserk (a) | markedly out of control due to intense anger or excitement : frenzied |
| parlous (a) | full of danger or risk, perilous |
| sangfroid (n) | composure, equanimity |
| despotic (a) | of, relating to, or characteristic of a despot (tyrannical ruler) |
| vainglorious (a) | marked by excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one's achievements, boastful |
| ill-afford (v) | to be unable to afford We can ill afford more bad publicity. |
| entreaty (n) | an earnest request Our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears. |
| stopgap (n) | a temporary fix |
| modicum (n) | a small portion : a limited quantity had only a modicum of mathematical skills |
| consecration (n) | dedication to the sacred; the part of a Communion rite in which the bread and wine are consecrated |
| semblance (n) | outward appearance; modicum wrapped in a semblance of composure; has been struggling to get some semblance of justice for his people |
| mores (n) | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group; moral attitudes |
| solace (n) | comfort or consolation in sorrow |
| truism (n) | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| terseness (n) | brevity |
| distension (n) | the act of (physically) swelling |
| expatiate (n) | speak or write at length or in detail |
| repertory (n) | repository; repertoire; a company that presents several different plays, operas, or pieces usually alternately in the course of a season at one theater |
| tendentious (a) | opinionated |
| protean (a) | mutable and adaptable; displaying great diversity or variety : versatile |
| martial (a) | warlike |
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