Ind Vocab 5
Terms
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- bereft
- adj-deprived of something
- halcyon
- adj-calm and peaceful; tranquil, prosperous; golden
- aloof
- adj-distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
- cacophony
- noun-jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- innocuous
- adj-having no adverse effect; harmless; not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion
- frenetic
- adj-wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied
- clandestine
- adj-kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose
- extricate
- verb-to release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage; to distinguish from something related
- glib
- adj-performed with a natural, offhand ease; showing little thought, preparation, or concern
- deleterious
- adj.-having a harmful effect; injurious
- referendum
- noun-the submission of a proposed public measure or actual statute to a direct popular vote; or, such a vote
- prodigious
- adj.-impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous; extraordinary; marvelous
- grandiloquent
- adj.-having pompous or bombastic speech or expression
- egregious
- adj.-conspicuously(obviously) bad or offensive
- frivolous
- adj.-unworthy of serious attention; trivial; inappropriately silly
- compunction
- noun-a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing
- sequestered
- verb-to cause to withdraw into seclusion; remove or set apart; segregate; isolate
- metacognition(cognition)
- The mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment; knowledge
- foible(s)
- noun-a minor weakness or failing of character
- plethora
- noun-a superabundance; an excess
- colloquial
- adj.-characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal; relating to conversation; conversational