week 18
Terms
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- plebeian
- Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined.
- temperate
- mild, moderate; restrained.
- manifold
- Having many different kinds, forms, or parts.
- cataclysm/cataclysmic
- A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe.
- culinary
- Having to do with cooking.
- grandiloquent/grandiloquence
- Using lofty or pompous speech or expression.
- agrarian
- Having to do with farming or agriculture.
- denigrate
- To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner.
- burgeon
- To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish.
- palatable
- Acceptable or pleasing, expecially to the sense of taste.
- scourge
- Something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil. To punish severely, especially by whipping; to devastate
- stalemate
- A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock.
- hybrid
- 1. The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties. 2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition.
- panacea
- Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all.
- gourmet
- A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality.