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English 5-6 Vocab #5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj) easily angered | Irascible |
| (v) summarize, to repeat in a concise form | Recapitulate |
| (n) new word or expression | Neologism |
| (n) Extremely large book | Tome |
| (v) to sharpen | Whet |
| (v) to praise | Laud |
| (n) extreme nationalism characterized by belligerent foreign policy | Jingoism |
| (n) Strong admiration; worship | Adulation |
| (n) bootlicker, flatterer, suck-up | Sycophant |
| (adj) noisily and stubbornly defiant | Obstreperous |
| (adj) common, overused, cliche | Hackneyed |
| (n) theatrical, exaggerated, emotional behavior | Histrionics |
| (n) a clumsy person | Blunderbuss |
| (adj) causing a controversial argument, often refuting or attacking an opinion or doctrine | Polemical |
| (n) a letter or form of communication | Epistle |