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Vocab study 22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it |
| anomalous | out of place, abnormal |
| astute | shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive; an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage. |
| civility | polite and courteous behavior |
| covert | secret, concealed |
| deft | skillful, adroit |
| iconoclast | one who attacks established beliefs or institutions |
| illustrious | notably outstanding, famous |
| indigenous | native to a certain area |
| partisan | one who exhibits extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause |
| pungent | sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid |
| saccharine | overly sweet in attitude |
| slovenly | messy, untidy, careless |
| sonorous | resonant, producing a full and rich sound |
| sporadic | occasionally occurring |
| stolid | showing little emotion |
| tangential | slightly connected, divergent |
| tentative | not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
| terrestrial | of the earth or pertaining to the earth |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| adjunct (syn) | associate, auxiliary, supplement |
| anomalous (syn) | aberrant, atypical, circuitous, lorelei, unusual |
| astute (syn) | sagacious |
| civility (syn) | polite behavior, courtesy |
| covert (syn) | clandestine, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, underhanded |
| deft (syn) | skillful, adroit |
| iconoclast (syn) | denouncer, dissenter, heretic, radical, rebel, skeptic |
| illustrious (syn) | celebrated, distinguished, eminent, noted, renowned |
| indigenous (syn) | aboriginal, endemic, native |
| partisan (syn) | adherent, disciple, follower |
| pungent (syn) | piquant, poignant, racy |
| saccharine (syn) | candied, cloying, honeyed, ingratiating, sentimental, syrupy |
| slovenly (syn) | bedraggled, dingy, disheveled, frumpy, slipshod, unkempt |
| sonorous (syn) | booming, resounding, reverberating, thundering |
| sporadic (syn) | occasional, infrequent, rare, scarce, uncommon |
| stolid (syn) | apathetic, phlegmatic, stoic |
| tangential (syn) | digressive, divergent, extraneous, unrelated |
| tentative (syn) | hesitant, conditional |
| terrestrial (syn) | earthly, tellurian, terraqueous, worldly |
| untenable (syn) | flawed, indefensible, unsound, unsubstantiated |
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