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Brungardt Vocab.
Daily English Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lackadaisical | withour rigor,interest, or determination |
| instatiable | incapeable of being satisfied or pleased |
| eclectic | made up of what is selected from a wide variety of sources |
| ephemeral | marked by breif time; short lived |
| Defer | to put off to a future time |
| colloquial | informal inuse of language |
| Berv | the action of slightly vommiting in the throat |
| sublime | outstanding or incredible |
| vestige | trace or visible evidence of something no longer in existance |
| melodrama | exaggerated over the top motion |
| chivalry | sum or knightly qualities such as genorosity , valor, and courtesy |
| superfluous | excessive and unnessecary |
| prudent | using good judgement ecspecially in practical matters |
| Fervent | Displaying fever-pitch intensity or spirit |
| prognosticate | to predict from present signs or conditions |
| motif | recurring concept or phase |
| cutail | to reduce or diminish |
| vindicate | to justify and action or belief |
| exposition | writing or speech that conveys information or explains |
| verbatim | word for word |
| mea culpa | formal acknowledgement of personal fault or error |
| macabre | horrifying or gruesome |
| ignominious | Marked by shame or disgrace |
| cacophony | discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds |
| vociferous | expressing opinions or feelings in a forceful way |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill |
| nepotism | use of power to influence based on family connection |
| panacea | a cure all |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| raze | to tear down to the ground |
| mellifluous | sweet sounding; smoothly flowing |
| finagle | to get something through guile, trickery , or manipulation |
| unequivocal | having only one possible meaning or interpretation |
| satire | the use of entertainment usually humor to critisize |
| adamant | unshakeable in attitude or opinion |
| persona | fictional narrative voice or personality created for effect |
| guile | artfull or crafty deception |
| martyr | a person who suffers or dies for a belief |
| Boondoggle | Work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy |
| Allusion | casual or passing referance to something |
| pompous | arrogantly showing dignity or importance |
| propaganda | ideas, rumors, and info to spread to help and instistion, gov. or idea |
| amalgam | A mixture or combination |
| eccentric | odd or strange in personality or behavior |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter in feeling, language, or manner |
| allegory | work of art in which everything in the story represents things outside the story |
| cynical | bitterly pessimistic or distrustful |
| juxtapose | to place close together or side by side ecspecially for comparison or contrast |
| analogy | an explained comparison between two things not normally associated with one another |
| insidious | secertly treacherous or evil |
| xenophobia | an unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers |
| oxymoron | combination of contradictory words |
| proximity | closness in location |
| cliche | an over used concept or phrase |
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