satvocab51-75 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Haughty | having or showing arrogant superiority to and distain of those one views as unworthy |
Hedonist | someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures |
hypothesis | a tentative insight into the natural world;a conecpt that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena |
impetuous | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
impute | attribute or credit to |
Inconsequential | lacking worth or importance |
Inevitable | incapable of being avoided or prevented |
intrepid | invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
Intuitive | spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency |
Jubilation | a feeling of extreme joy |
lobbyist | someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer |
longevity | the property of being long-lived |
mundane | found in the ordinary course of events |
nonchalant | marked by blithe unconcern |
opulent | rich and superior in quality |
orator | a person who delivers a speech or oration |
ostentatious | intended to attract notice and impress others |
parched | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight |
perfidious | tending to betray;especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the romans |
Pragmatic | concerned wioth practical matters |
precocious | characterized by or characteristics of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) |
pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
procrastinate | postpone doing what one should be doing |
prosaic | lacking wit or imagination |
prosperity | the condition of prospering;having good fortune |
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