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vocab # 3 and 4
English vocab lessons 3 and 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brusque | rough and short in manner or speech; curt; abrupt |
| cordial | warm and friendly |
| hospitable | open and welcoming |
| irksome | annoying and irritating |
| nicety | a small, often unimportant detail; a fine point. |
| propriety | The quality of being proper; appropriateness |
| refined | Very polite or cultured. |
| suave | Sophisticated; smoothly agreeable and polite. |
| tact | The ability to speak or act without offending others. |
| allure | A strong fascination or attraction; the power to attract. |
| avid | Eager or enthusiastic |
| devotion | Complete dedication to a cause or person. |
| effusive | Unrestrained or excessive in emotion expression;gushing. |
| exhilaration | excited happiness |
| fanatic | A person excessively and unreasonably devoted to a cause or belief. |
| indifferent | Not interested in or concerned about something; not caring. |
| jubilant | Filled with joy. |
| reticent | Unwilling; reluctant. |
| zealous | Highly motivated by dedication to a cause, an ideal, or a goal. |
| dignity | A calm manner indicating self respect and worthiness. |