english vocab 9/18
Terms
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- urbane
- adj. Her URBANE manners and wit made her the ideal guest. (suave, sophisticated)
- bellicose
- adj. The refugees seemed remarkably BELLICOSE for people seeking aslyum to the U.S.(warlike, hostile)
- skeptical
- adj. He was SKEPTICAL about the advertisement's claims(doubting, questioning)
- complacent
- adj. Considering all her mistakes, she is surpisingly COMPLACENT. (smug, self-satisfied)
- precursor
- noun. The President claimed his PRECURSOR in the white house had also had bad luck with inflation. (one who proceeds or goes before someone or something else)
- benediction
- noun. After the long drought, the rain fell like a BENEDICTION.(blessing)
- haggard
- adj. The kinapping victim looked HAGGARD after being kept in prison for three days.(appearing worn out, appearing exhausted, appearing sick)
- nebulous
- adj. His ideas seemed too NEBULOUS to be taken seriously.(indistinct)
- ebullient
- adj. The team was EBULLIENT after winning the final game of the season. (filled with excitement, enthusiasm)
- connoisseur
- noun. The famous critic was a CONNOISSEUR of food and wine. (expert in matters of taste)
- negligible
- adj. Luckily, the damage was NEGLIGIBLE. (trifling, of no importance, hardly noticeable)
- vanguard
- noun. Her work was in the VANGUARD of modern art. (leading position in the army, trend or movement; ahead of others artistically or intellectually)
- slovenly
- adj. They were criticized for their SLOVENLY ways. (untidy, messy, careless)
- maim
- verb. She was permanently MAIMED in the ski accident (mutilate, cripple)
- indigenous
- adj. It would be nice if pandas were INDIGENOUS to the United States instead of China. (native, living naturally in an area)
- noxious
- adj. The NOXIOUS fumes overcame the fireman. (harmful to health)
- propitious
- adj. the convict decided that it was a PROPITIOUS time to climb over the wall. (favorable)
- subtle
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adj. We were manipulated in a SUBTLE way. (not obvious)
Hers was a SUBTLE philosophy. (requiring mental sharpness) - virulent
- adj. The VIRULENT disease spread quickly. (poisonous, harmful)
- abstruse
- adj. His books were considered ABSTRUSE even by other scholars. (difficult to understand, complex)