Benefield- Vocab Unit 12
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- absolve
- (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
- caricature
- (n.) a representation (especially in drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exagerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way
- calgor
- (n.) a loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise
- contiguous
- (adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time
- cupidity
- (n.) an eager desire for something; greed
- deleterious
- (adj.) harmful, injurious
- enhance
- (v.) to raise to a higher degree; to increase the c=value or desirability of
- enthrall
- (v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison
- extenuate
- (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making oartial excuses
- implicit
- (adj.) implied or understood through unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in
- incisive
- (adj.) shard, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)
- ostentatious
- (adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
- paragon
- (n.) a model of excellence or perfection
- paraphrase
- (v.) to restate in other words; (n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new language
- politic
- (adj.) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient
- prosaic
- (adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
- redundant
- (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush
- sactimonious
- (adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
- scintillating
- (adj., part.) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)
- winsome
- (adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)