English List 9
Terms
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- acuity
- A quick and penetrating intelligence
- adamant
- forceful and inflexible
- braggart
- A very boastful and talkative person
- brawny
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
- decathlon
- An athletic contest consisting of ten different events
- epitomized
- Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- equivocate
- Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
- hidebound
- Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded.
- hieroglyphics
- A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
- debunking
- The exposure of falseness or pretensions
- languish
- decay, fade away, or get weaker
- obsequious
- Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
- restorative
- Promoting recuperation
- thwart
- Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
- polemical
- Of or involving dispute or controversy