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Vocabulary- List 5
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Placid | To be outwardyly calm, composed |
| Anachronism | Something that is not happening in its proper time |
| Chronological | Arranged in the order of occurence |
| Synchronize | To occur at the same time, simultaneous |
| Circumspect | To look around and thus be caustious |
| Perspicacity | Having keen vision, as in being perceptive, atute |
| Specious | Seemingly fair or true, but actually not so, deceptive |
| Impugn | To challenge the accuracy or honesty of something |
| Pugnacious | Combative, quick to fight |
| Repugnant | Offensive, very distatseful, repulsive |
| Ecsatic; Exultant | Elated, exhilarated, exuberant |
| Elated; Exhilarated; Exuberant | Ecstatic, exultant |
| Despondent; Dejected | Disconsolate, dispirited |
| Disconsolated; Dispirited | Despondent; dejected |
| Dogged; Obdurate; Recalcitrant | Intractable, intransigent, obstinate |
| Intractable; Intransigent; Obstinate | Dogged, obdurate, recalcitrant |
| Clandestine; Furtive | Cover, stealthy, surreptitious |
| Covert; Stealthy; Surreptitiou | Clandestine, furtive |
| Allay; Alleviate; Assuage | Appease, mitigate, mollify |
| Appease, Mitigate; Mollify | Allay, alleviate, assuage |
| Banal; Hackneyed; Trite | Commonplac, trivial or made common and worn out by overuse |
| a)Overture; b)Prelude; c)Prologue | a)an introduction to a musical; b)an introduction to a performance; c)an introduction to a poem, play, etc. |
| a)Preamble; b)Preface | a)an introduction to a constitution or legal document; b)an introductory statement to a book, article, or speech |
| a)Coda; b)Epilogue | a)a concluding musical section; b)a concluding section of a literary work |
| a)Addendum; b)Postscript | a)an addition or supplement to a book; b)a note or series of notes appended to a completed letter, abbreviated P.S. |
| a)Adjourn; b)Hiatus | a)to suspend until a later time; b) a temporary gap, break in continuity, moratorium, respite |
| a)Moratorium; b)Respite | a)a temporary pause, suspension of activity; b)a temporary pause, adjournment, hiatus |
| a)Impetuous; b)Impulsive | Impromptu, rash; a)done on the spur of the moment; b)done on first impulse, without careful thought |
| a)Impromptu; b)Rash | Impetuous, impulsive; a)done on the spur of the moment; b)done on first impulse, without careful thought |
| Garrulous; Loquacious; Verbose | Overly talkative |
| Laconic; Reticent | Succinct, taciturn; Saying little, keeping brief and to the point |
| Succinct; Taciturn | Laconic, reticent; Saying little, keeping brief and to the point |
| Fleeting; Transient | Temporary, ephemeral, evanescent |
| Ephemeral; Evanescent | Temporary, fleeting, transient |
| Absolve; Vindicate | Exculpate, exonerate; To free from blame, prove guiltless |
| Exculpate; Exonerate | Absolve, vindicate; to free from blam, prove guiltless |
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