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Am Studs Vocab 2
am studs vocab unit 2
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abject | cast down, spiritless |
| Aesthetic | sensitive to beauty |
| Alacrity | a cheerful briskness |
| Auspicious | lucky, promising |
| Blatant | obvious, obtrusive |
| Capitulate | yield |
| Cogent | persuasive, brilliantly compelling |
| Conjecture | opinion |
| Cursory | hurried |
| Decorous | proper, suitable |
| Diffident | shy, timid |
| Disdain | despise |
| Docile | obedient, manageable |
| Equanimiy | composure, calm temper |
| Facade | front, false exterior |
| Facetious | inappropriately witty |
| Fastidious | particular, meticulous |
| Fatuous | silly, complacently foolish |
| Flaunt | display, show off, boast |
| Furtive | sly, stealthy, shifty |
| Glib | thoughtlessly talkative |
| Gregarious | enjoy meeting people |
| Harangue | noisy, pompous speech |
| Idiosyncrasy | oddness |
| Illicit | unlawful |
| Importune | insistently begged |
| Incredulous | skeptical |
| Inexorable | inflexible |
| Invective | abuse, angry reproach |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Ludicrous | laughable, rediculous |
| Martinet | strict disciplinarian |
| Maudlin | weakly sentimental |
| Nebulous | vague, hazy |
| Obsequious | attentive |
| Ostracize | banned from social and political favor |
| Panacea | cure-all |
| Pander | appeal to |
| Placate | appease, pacify |
| Prodigious | huge, mighty |
| Prolific | inventive |
| Propensity | leaning, bent |
| Prudent | wisely cautious |
| Redundant | overly wordy |
| Surreptitious | without proper authority, sly |
| Taciturn | reserved |
| Truculent | fierce, cruel |
| Vacillate | hesitate, change |
| Vilify | slandered, maligned |
| Vituperation | verbal abuse |