Verbal Unit Two
Terms
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- prognosticator
- forecastor, predictor, soothsayer, someone who makes predictions for the future
- timorous
- fearful, timid
- outmoded
- make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
- concilator
- make peace, pacifier, reconciler
- proponent
- advocate, a perwon who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- ferocity
- being wild or turbulent
- witty
- clever
- buttress
- a support usually of stone/brick make stronger or defensible
- derision
- ridicule, the act of deriding or treating with contempt
- compunction
- remorse, self reproach, a feeling of deep regret
- modicum
- a small or moderate amount
- deprecating
- express strong disapproval of, deplore, hate
- icon
- a graphic symbol, picture image
- assiduous
- marked by careful and persistent effort, hardworking
- pretext
- something serving to conceal plans or guise
- Constrained
- restrain, encumber, constrain stiffen, tighten
- delusion
- an erroneous belief that is held in the face of the contrary
- innovator
- pioneer, trailblazer, groundbreaker, someone who helps to open a new line or reserach/technology
- resilience
- an occurence of rebounding or springing back
- cunning
- shrewdness in deception
- rescind
- revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeat, overturn
- strategist
- an expert in strategy
- pragmatic
- practicial
- renounce
- abdicate, give up
- requisition
- make a formal request for official services
- bombastic
- making pompous, inflated speeches