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sadlier 40
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| diligent | hardworking and careful in carrying out tasks or duties |
| impoverished | made very poor; lacking money, resources, or vitality |
| incessant | never stopping; continuing without pause or interruption |
| lucid | expressed clearly and easy to understand; mentally alert |
| posthumous | occurring or published after the death of the person involved |
| sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical in humor or manner |
| superfluous | unnecessary; more than what is needed or required |
| tenacious | holding firmly to something; very determined and persistent |
| assimilate | to absorb and into a wider group or culture; to take in and fully understand information |
| interim | in or for the meantime; a temporary or provisional period |
| malign | to speak about someone in a harmful, false way; harmful in nature |
| obstreperous | noisy and difficult to control; stubbornly resistant |
| perilous | full of danger or risk; hazardous shoddy badly made or done; of poor quality or workmanship |
| surly | bad-tempered and unfriendly; rude and hostile |
| vagrant | a person who wanders without a fixed home or job; roaming or wandering |
| asylum | protection granted by a country to someone who left their home country; a place of refuge or safety |
| console | to comfort someone in grief or disappointment; a panel of controls |
| dwindle | to gradually decrease or become smaller in size or strength |
| flippant | treating serious issues with inappropriate, casual humor |
| liability | a person or thing whose presence creates a disadvantage; a legal responsibility for something |
| preposterous | utterly absurd or contrary to reason; ridiculous |
| pugnacious | eager or quick to argue, fight, or be aggressive |
| sparse | thinly scattered or distributed; not dense or crowded |
| auxiliary | providing supplementary or additional help and support; a helper |
| candid | truthful and straightforward; not hiding one's thoughts or feelings |
| expedient | convenient and practical, though possibly improper; a means to an end |
| feign | to pretend to feel or be affected by something; to fake |
| grievous | causing great pain, suffering, or sorrow; very serious |
| incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe something; skeptical |
| monologue | a long speech by one person in a conversation or performance |
| repugnant | extremely distasteful or unacceptable; causing disgust |
| aspire | to have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something |
| aspire | to have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something |
| bleak | lacking warmth or hope; cold and depressing; cheerless |
| exploit | to make use of someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit; a bold or daring deed |
| invincible | too powerful to be defeated or overcome |
| languid | displaying or having a lack of energy; slow and relaxed |
| mire | swampy or boggy ground; to involve someone in a difficult situation |
| rugged | having a rough, uneven surface; strong and sturdy; involving hardship |
| skeptical | not easily convinced; having doubts about claimed facts |
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