Lesson 6 Vocabulary
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- impetuous
- violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
- sycophant
- a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
- industrious
- skillfully busy or occupied
- atrophy
- to waste away, to wither
- ascendancy
- domination; growing power
- levity
- excessive frivolity, flippancy
- oblivion
- state of being forgotten
- perjury
- false testimony under oath
- vivid
- bright, distinct, and clear
- enmity
- absolute hatred
- derision
- scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
- insolence
- insulting or contemptuous behavior
- garrulous
- talkative, rambling
- conciliate
- to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship
- paradoxical
- something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
- antiquated
- obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable
- extricate
- to free, to disentangle
- rancor
- bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
- clandestine
- secret
- forbearance
- patience, lenience
- frivolous
- lacking in seriousness or importance
- cursory
- superficial, casual, hastily done
- vacillating
- changing, fluctuating
- arable
- fit for plowing, tillable
- infamous
- having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad