Vocab B1
Terms
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- draconian (adj)
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1. of or relating to a specific set of strict laws framed by _____
2. Cruel: strict :severe -
abject (adj)
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1. sunk to or existing in a low state or condition
2. cast down in spirit: servile, spiritless, showing hopelessness or resignation
3. expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiated spirit - progeny (noun)
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1. descendants, children, offspring of plants or animals
2. a body of followers, disciples, or sucessors,
3. outcome or product -
brutish (adj)
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1. resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or beast
2. strongly and grossly sensual, showing little intelligence or sensibility -
impudent (adj)
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1. lacking modesty
2. marked by contemptuous or cokcy boldness or disreguard of others: insolent - bauble (noun)
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1. something of trifling appeal
2. a fool's scepter
3. trinket, minor art object - platitude (noun)
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1. the quality or state of being insipid
2. a banal, trite, or stale remark
3. a saying worn to ineffectivness by overfamiliarity - spurious (adj)
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1. of illegitimate birth
2. outwardly similar or correspong to something without faving its genuine qualites
3. of a falsified or erroniously attributed origin: forged, of a deceitful nature or quality
serving as cheap or inauthentic - retinue (noun)
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group of retainers or attendants,
those who accompany an important person -
matriculate (v)
matriculant (n)
matriculation (n) - to enroll as a memver of a body and esp. of a college or university
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axiom (n)
axiomatic (adj)
axiomatically (adv) -
1. a maxim widely accepted on its intrinsic merit
2. a statement accepted as true as the basis for an argument or inference: postulate
3. established rule or principle or a self-evident truth, perhaps taken for granted -
aberrant (adj)
abberrance (n)
abberancy (n) -
1. straying from the right or normal way
2. deviating from the usual or natural type: atypical -
aphorism (n)
aphorist (n)
aphoristic (n)
aphoristically (n) -
1. a concise statement of a principle
2. a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : adage
3. a pithy standard observation -
inveterate (adj)
inverterately (adv) -
1. firmly established by long persistence
2. confirmed in a habit: habitual, practially eradicalbe or unaterable in habit
3. not yeilding to ones efforts at betterment -
placate (v)
placater (n)
placation (n)
placative (adj)
placatory (adj) - to soothe or mollify, esp by concessions: appease, pacify