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vocab list 12
APLIT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aesthetic (adj) | pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty |
| discomfit (v) | to make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed |
| espouse (v) | to take up and support; to become attached to; to adopt; to marry |
| fetish (n) | an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence |
| gregarious (adj) | sociable, seeking the company of others |
| importune (v) | to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently |
| interpolate (v) | to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction |
| laconic (adj) | concise; using few words |
| languish (v) | to become weak, feeble, or dull; to drop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect |
| mendacious (adj) | untrue; given to lying or deception |
| nadir (n) | the lowest point |
| perfunctory (adj) | done in a superficial or half-hearted manner, without interest or enthusiasm |
| plaintive (adj) | expressive of sorrow or woe; melancholy |
| requite (v) | to repay |
| tantamount (adj) | equivalent, having the same meaning, value or effect |