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Horribly Hard Vocab
Days 1-26 #1-35
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ingenuous | Showing innocent or childlike simplicity. Candidness. |
| animated | full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous |
| excess | a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper |
| puerile | childishly foolish; immature or trivial |
| tardiness | The quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual time. |
| otiose | being at leisure; idle; indolent |
| garb | wearing apparel; clothes |
| fey | supernatural; unreal; enchanted |
| awry | away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong |
| uttering | to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce |
| putrid | in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten |
| waggish | Humorous in a playful, mischievous manner. |
| lame | weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy |
| vapid | without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious |
| sagacious | having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer |
| clamor | a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people |
| erudite | characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
| regale | to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight |
| aspiration | A hope or ambition of achieving something. |
| eloquent | having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech: an eloquent orator |
| articulate | Showing the ability of being able to speak fluently and coherently. |
| deter | To discourage someone from doing something. |
| affront | an offense to one's dignity or self-respect |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger |
| insipid | without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; |
| deftly | dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: |
| ensue | to follow as a consequence; result |
| amicable | characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable |
| odious | deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable |
| concur | To be of the same opinion; agree. |
| fervor | Intense and passionate feeling. |
| query | To put a question or questions to someone. |
| chartreuse | a clear, light green with a yellowish tinge |
| abode | A place of residence; a house or home. |
| snipe | to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance |
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eirey
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