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English Vocab 1-50

Vocabulary 1-50

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abrogate cancelled, repealed
accost salute, approach
adjudicate settle, decide, judge
ameliorate help, better, improve
antithesis opposite, contrast
aquiline curve, hawk-like
benignant kindly, gracious
bland mild, smooth, suave
cant meaningless phrase, hypocrisy
chauvinism fanatical pride, contempt of another group
contemporary same age, coevals
convivial sociable, jovial, companionable
corpulent fat, stout, obese
decadent declining, decaying, deteriorating
derision scornful laughter, mockery,ridicule
disconcerted confused, taken by surprise
effervescent lively, bubbly, vivacious
embroil entangle, involve, implicate
ennui boredom, melancholy
evanescent passing, transitory, ephemeral
frugality thrift, economy
heterogeneous unlike, dissimilar
ignominious shameful, dishonorable, despicable
incongruous unsuitable, inharmonious, ill-assorted
insipid uninteresting, dull, vapid
jocose jolly, playful, humorous
judicious wise, sensible
levity thoughtlessness, frivolity, flippancy
magnanimity great-heartedness, generosity
maladroit unskillful, awkward
metaphysics origin and essential nature of life
moot debatable, arguable
mundane commonplace, practical, earthly
obdurate stubborn, inflexible
onerous troublesome, burdensome
paranoiac subject to delusions of hostility
peccadillo trifling errors, faults, weaknesses
pernicious harmful, destructive
platitude commonplace, dull
potpourri mixture, medley
pristine unspoiled, fresh
prosaic dull, commonplace
punctilious careful, proper, scrupulous
resilient elastic, springy, rebounding
salacious obscene, indecent
sedition treason, inciting rebellion
stoic calm, brave, unmoved
superfluous unnecessary, needless
verity truth, fact, reality
vogue fashion, style
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