Indvocab4
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- assiduous
- diligent, busy, unceasing, persistent
- austere
- severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave
- exacerbate
- verb-to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
- genial
- adj-having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner, gracious
- facetious
- adj-playfully jocular; humorous
- anemic
- adj-lacking vitality; listless and weak
- harangue
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noun-a long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; a speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade
verb- to deliver a harangue (to) - naiveté
- noun-the state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical
- languid
- adj-lacking energy or vitality; weak
- obeisance
- noun-a gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference
- vernacular
- noun-the standard native language of a country or locality; dialect
- tenuous
- adj.-long and thin; slender; flimsy, dilute
- benign
- adj.-of a kind and gentle disposition; kind
- aberration
- noun-a departure from the normal or typical
- stoic
- noun-one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
- squelch
- verb-To crush by or as if by trampling; squash; to produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound noun-a squishing sound; a crushing reply
- alacrity
- noun-cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
- brevity
- noun-the quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
- modicum
- noun-a small, moderate, or token amount
- interminable
- adj-being or seeming to be without an end; endless
- prodigal
- adj-rashly or wastefully extravagant