English Vocab Unit 12
Terms
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- bilk
- to defraud, cheat, or swindle, to evade payment of, to frustrate, thwart
- execrable
- utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent, extremely inferior
- impinge
- to strike against or collide with violently, to encroach or obtrude upon, to make an impression upon
- augur
- a prophet or seer, to predict, foreshadow
- rapport
- a close and harmonious relationship
- debilitate
- to make weak or feeble
- niggardly
- stingy, meanly small or insufficient
- pastiche
- a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources, a hodgepodge
- labyrinth
- a bewildering maze, any confusing or complicated situation
- narcissism
- excessive self-love, absorption in oneself
- precarious
- very uncertain or unsure, dangerous or risky
- apposite
- appropriate, suitable, apt
- zany
- clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way, one who plays the clown
- vacuous
- devoid of matter, substance, or meaning, lacking ideas or intelligence, purposeless
- xenophobia
- undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange
- zealot
- a fanatical partisan, an ardent follower
- vagary
- an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion
- viable
- capable of living or developing under normal circumstances
- utilitarian
- stressing practicality over other considerations, relating to the belief that what is good or desiralbe is determined purely by its usefulness
- charisma
- the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people, a divinely bestowed gift or power