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Vocab 5 MVGS

TermDefinition
FERVENT ☺ - passionate, intense, zealous; characterized by intense emotion.
CALLOUS ☹ insensitive; having no feeling
DEPREDATE ☹ to lay waste to; to plunder, pillage, destroy, ravage; to exploit
TEMERITY ☹ - excessive confidence or boldness; audacity; fearless daring
PELAGIC ± - relating to open seas rather than waters adjacent to land; living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms.
PUNCTILIOUS ± - precise, paying attention to trivialities of etiquette; marked by precise accordance with details
APHORISM ± - a tersely phrased truth or opinion; adage; epigram; a brief statement of principle; or general truth
SUCCOR ☺ - relief during a time of struggle
DENOUEMENT ☺ an outcome or solution to a complex series of events
SUPERCILIOUS ☹ arrogant, overbearing; displaying condescending superiority over someone else
PARLEY ± discussion between enemies, often to prepare terms of surrender
SUPPLICATE ☺ - to humbly ask; to write a petition for something to somebody
SURREPTITIOUS ☹ - secretive; marked by hidden aims or methods
TACIT ± - implied or unspoken; inferred from actions or statements
OFFICIOUS ☹ prone to giving unwanted advice; intrusive in a meddling or offensive way
SYMBIOTIC ± - related to a relationship that is beneficial for all involved
SYNAPSE ± – the small gap between the cells of nerves; the state of being joined together
PARAGON ☺ – a model of excellence; one having no equal
MAWKISH ☹ – very sentimental; insincerely emotional
CACOPHONY ☹ – unpleasant, discordant sounds; a loud harsh or strident noise
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