wordlist 2
Terms
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- acrid
- sharp, pungent (used of smells and tastes)
- boorish
- ill-mannered
- cynical
- believing that people act only out of selfish motives
- epistle
- a letter (form of communication)
- heresy
- against orthodox opinion
- lance
- spear, spike, javelin
- obscure
- difficult to understand, partially hidden
- poignant
- deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions
- respite
- a break, intermission
- terse
- concise, to the point
- acrophobia
- fear of heights
- bourgeois
- middle class
- debility
- weakness, incapacity
- epistolary
- concerned with letters, through correspondence
- hiatus
- interruption, pause
- languid
- tired, slow
- obscured
- hidden, covered, buried
- poised
- calm, collected, self-possessed
- resplendent
- shining, glowing
- therapeutic
- medicinal, curative
- acuity
- sharpness (mental or visual)
- braggart
- someone who boasts
- debunking
- exposing false claims or myths
- epitomized
- typified, characterized, personified
- hidebound
- rigid in opinions
- languish
- decay, fade away, get weaker
- obsequious
- servile, submissive
- polemical
- causing debate or argument
- restorative
- a tonic
- thwart
- prevent, frustrate
- adamant
- forceful, inflexible
- brawny
- muscular
- decathlon
- an athletic competition with ten events
- equivocate
- speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
- hieroglyphics
- picture writing; writing difficult to read; enigmatic
- larceny
- theft, robbery, stealing
- obsession
- a dominating concern
- ponderous
- weighty, slow and heavy
- retention
- preservation, withholding
- timorous
- cowardly, fearful
- adroit
- skillful
- brevity
- being brief
- decorum
- dignified, decent, correct behavior (adj. Decorous)
- err
- make a mistake
- hinder
- obstruct
- largess
- generousity
- obsolete
- no longer valid
- pontificate
- speak pompously, dogmatically
- reticent
- restrained, holding something back, uncommunication
- tirade
- stream of verbal abuse
- adulation
- strong admiration, worship
- bristle
- to show irritation
- decoy
- lure, trap, trick
- erratic
- wandering, irregular
- histrionic
- theatrical, exaggerated
- laud
- praise
- obstreperous
- noisy and boisterous
- portend
- foretell
- retration
- withdrawal, cancellation of a statement
- tutter
- giggle quietly
- adversity
- hardship
- broach
- start to discuss, approach
- deference
- respect
- esoteric
- obscure and difficult to understand
- hoary
- old
- lavish
- on a grand scale, wasteful
- obtuse
- mentally dull
- portent
- a warning sign, omen
- revere
- worship
- tome
- large book
- advocate
- support
- brusque
- blunt, abrupt
- defoliate
- cause leaves to fall off
- espouse
- promote, take up, support
- hone
- sharpen, increase, whet
- lax
- careless, not strict
- obviate
- avoid, make unnecessary
- poseur
- someone who puts on an act
- riddled
- full of (usually full of holes)
- torpid
- inactive, lazy, stagnant
- aesthetic
- concerning art or beauty
- bulwark
- fortification, barricade, wall
- defunct
- no longer in existence
- etymology
- the study of word origins
- hyperbole
- grossly exaggerated speech
- legend
- 1) key to map 2) myth or story
- odious
- hateful
- posterity
- future generations
- rife
- common
- torpor
- dormancy, sluggishness, inactivity
- affable
- friendly, social, easygoing
- bureaucracy
- officialdom
- degradation
- deprivation, poverty, debasement
- eulogy
- praise
- hypochondriac
- a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses
- legion
- in large numbers
- officious
- domineering; intrusive; meddlesome
- posthumous
- after death
- rigor
- thoroughness
- totter
- walk unsteadily