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English VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Supercilious | Arrogance on steroids |
| Incredulous | Unwilling/unable to believe something |
| Wan | Pale; Weak |
| Corroborate | To confirm or validate |
| Intimation | A non-verbal indication, suggestion, or hint |
| Hauteur | Haughtiness of manner; distainful pride |
| Credulity | A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true |
| Innuendo | A sly remark that usually references a person's immoral character |
| Vacuous | Having or showing a lack of intelligence |
| Affectation | Behavior, speach, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress |
| Punctilious | Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior |
| Somnambulatory | Sleepwalking |
| Meretricious | Attractive, but having no real value or integrity |
| Ineffable | Too great or too extreme to be expressed or described in words. |
| Magnanimous | Very genergous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone who has less power than oneself |
| Portentious | Ominous, threatening, foreboading |
| Truculent | Eager or quick to argue or fight |
| Redolent | Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something |
| Melancholy | Pensive sadness |
| Surmise | To suppose (The supposition) that something is (may be) true without having evidence to confirm it |