First Six Weeks Definitions
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- belie
- to contradict, to give a false impression
- malice
- desire to harm others
- volatile
- quickly changeable, easily vaporized
- perjury
- false testimony under oath
- virulent
- extremely poisonous; hateful
- calamity
- a serious event causing distress or misfortune
- tranquil
- peaceful, calm
- flourish
- to thrive, to grow well
- banal
- common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
- infamous
- having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad
- ephemeral
- lasting a short period of time, fleeting
- ascendancy
- domination; growing power
- opulence
- wealth, affluence, abundance
- fastidious
- reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme
- debilitate
- to weaken, to enfeeble
- conciliate
- to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship
- assuage
- to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm
- melancholy
- depression of spirits
- petulance
- unreasonable to touchiness or irritability
- opaque
- not allowing the passage of light, not transparent, hard to understand
- impervious
- incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged
- dissemination
- the act of spreading widely; scattering
- gregarious
- sociable and outgoing
- penitent
- showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant
- prolific
- abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity
- infallible
- incapable of error
- clandestine
- secret
- levity
- excessive frivolity, flippancy
- antithesis
- a direct opposite, a contrast
- perfunctory
- acting routinely with little interest or care
- ferocity
- savagery
- duplicity
- double-dealing, hypocrisy
- haughty
- arrogant, excessively proud and vain
- dawdle
- to waste time, to spend time idkly, to move in a lackadaisical manner
- venerate
- to honor, to revere
- buoyant
- capable of floating, cheerful
- trivia
- insignificant matters
- discord
- lack of agreement, tension, strife
- verbose
- wordy, very talkative
- benign
- not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
- aesthetic
- relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
- amenable
- open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable
- autonomous
- independent, self-contained
- reprove
- to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent
- efface
- to erase, to wear away
- furtive
- secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
- atrophy
- to waste away, to wither
- paradoxical
- something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
- derision
- scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
- esoteric
- understood only by a small group or a select few
- symmetry
- balanced proportions
- archaic
- antiquated, old, out of use
- egocentric
- self-centered, selfish
- garrulous
- talkative, rambling
- impetuous
- violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
- antiquated
- obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable
- inane
- lacking significance, meaning, or point, silly, insipid
- lethargic
- sluggish, languid
- vivid
- bright, distinct, and clear
- oblique
- slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading
- languid
- slow, sluggish, listless, weak
- austere
- strict, stern, unadorned ascetic
- precocious
- exceptionally early in development or occurence
- elucidate
- to make clear, to explain
- amorphous
- shapeless, having no definite form
- rancor
- bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
- ominous
- threatening
- ameliorate
- to make better, to relieve, to improve
- cursory
- superficial, casual, hastily done
- forbearance
- patience, lenience
- cajole
- to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
- extol
- to praise, to glorify
- vacillating
- changing, fluctuating
- inscrutable
- difficult to understand, mysterious
- hypocrite
- one who is insincere or deceitful
- frivolous
- lacking in seriousness or importance
- arable
- fit for plowing, tillable
- innate
- existing from birth, inborn
- debase
- to reduce in dignity or quality
- exacerbate
- to aggravate, to irritate, to vex
- mundane
- ordinary, commonplace
- acrimonious
- caustic
- insolence
- insulting or contemptuous behavior
- pompous
- exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic
- slothful
- lazy, indolent
- daunt
- to intimidate, to dismay
- oblivion
- state of being forgotten
- capricious
- changing suddenly, fickle
- indolence
- laziness
- enmity
- absolute hatred
- ascend
- to move upward, to rise from a lower station
- sycophant
- a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
- industrious
- skillfully busy or occupied
- contentious
- quarrelsome, stirring controversy
- extricate
- to free, to disentangle
- gluttonous
- greedy for food and drink
- defamation
- act of harming or ruining another's reputation
- euphemism
- substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
- aloof
- apart, indifferent
- dogmatic
- strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner