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english vocab #3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chicanery | n. trickery; clever deceptive talk |
| dilettante | n. person who dabbles in a subject w/o serious study; amateur |
| bombastic | adj. characteristically using arrogant language w/o true meaning |
| hedonism | n. philosphoy of pleasure seeking as the principal good or aim |
| ephemeral | adj. transitory, short-lived |
| obfuscate | v. diliberately make someting difficult to understand |
| lachrymose | adj. tearful, sad |
| ensconce | v. establish firmly in postition |
| harbingers | n. indicators or bringers of warning |
| abrogate | v. cancel, deny, repeal |
| harangue | n. long, blustering, noisy, scolding speech |
| nuance | n. subtle or fine shade of meaning |
| bilk | v. defraud, cheat out of |
| remuneration | n. payment of work done |
| noxious | adj. harmful, poisonous, lethal |