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L.A. vocab challenge
challenge not to take end of year test (:
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alternative | a choice limited to more than 1 item |
| utopia | a perfect place |
| punctilious | strict or exact |
| affable | easy to talk to |
| barter | to trade with no money involved |
| flapdoodle | nonsense |
| irreverent | disrespectful |
| scapegoat | a person who takes the blame fo another persons actions |
| parody | a funny imatation of someone's writing |
| behemoth | a huge person or thing |
| eloquent | persuasive or convincing speech |
| paronomasia | word play |
| guru | a guide or leader |
| demure | shy, modest |
| indelible | marks that cannot be erased/ permanent |
| deterrent | serving or tending |
| quotidian | occuring everyday |
| scombriod | of or belonging to the sun order |
| rendevous | a place where people meet |
| lollygag | fool around |
| whimsical | spontaneously fanciful or playful |
| humdrum | dull/ boring |
| vindictive | disposed or inclined to revenge |
| punka | a screen like fan, made of leaves |
| inhabited | occupied |
| turf | someone's territory |
| colleague | someone you work with |
| stagnant | still, stale, not moving |
| devastate | to overwhelm |
| instinct | a natural reaction to something |
| vintage | old, antique, etc. |
| flummox | to confuse |
| pervasive | to spread thoughout |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| condesending | stooping to the level of one's inferiors |
| drone | a long annoying low noise |
| quidnunc | a nosy person |
| context | the parts of a written story or speech |
| spar | to fight or argue |
| malarkey | meaningless talk |
| oyez | used three times |
| precarious | uncertain, unsure, insecure |
| bustling | busy; entergetic and lively |
| smokescreen | action used to cover up |
| enlighten | educate; inform |
| transformation | a big change |
| fabricate | make up; invent |
| debonair | fancy |
| clerihew | humorous poem about a person |
| gala | a fancy party |
| smolder | to burn without flame |
| inadequate | unsuitable |
| scenario | an outline of the plot of a dramatic work |
| status quo | the existing state or condition |
| disclose | to reveal; uncover |
| stogy | dull/stuffy |
| ocellus | a small, simple eye, on animals/a leaf |
| imply | to suggest without saying |
| rodomontade | boasting or bragging |
| haggard | exhausted appearance |
| punctilious | attentive to finer points of elequette |
| nonchalant | coolly unconcerned |
| contemplate | observe or study thoughtfully |
| indelible | cannot be removed |
| apprehensive | uneasy or fearful about something |
| malapropism | disortion of a word |
| ashen | a dark grey color |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild,or harsh word |
| ostracize | to exclude |
| palaver | idele chatter |
| flamboyant | strikingly bold or brilliant |
| expose | to be open or in veiw |
| insinuate | to imply |
| modest | not conceited; limit in size |
| plethora | a large amount |
| inevitable | unable to be avoided |
Created by:
ar_lizard
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