English 2 Vocab #4
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- distraught
- distracted; deeply agitated. (adj)
- patent
- the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. (n)
- Avarice
- insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. (n)
- commodious
- spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment.(adj)
- utility
- the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer. (n)
- erudite
- characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary. (adj)
- doleful
- sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face. (adj)
- trite
- lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.(adj)
- indigenous
- originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often fol. by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.(adj)
- loquacious
- talkative (a)
- satiate
- to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit. (v)
- propinquity
- nearness in place; proximity. (n)
- homogeneous
- composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population. (adj)
- nefarious
- extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot. (adj)
- dillettante
- a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler. (n)