lesson 7 vocab
Terms
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- incontrovertible
- not open to question or dispute; sure
- homogeneous
- composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind
- blashpemous
- uttering, containing or exhibiting blasphemy; profaine; sacreligious
- hyperbole
- obvious and intentional exageration
- emaciated
- marked by emaciation (to make abnormally lean or thin by gradual wasting away); undernourished
- affinity
- a natural liking or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc/ ; liking
- veracity
- habitual abservance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness; honesty
- extraneous
- introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; unedded
- sublime
- elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc
- acquiesce
- to assent tacitly; submit or combly silent, or without protest; agree
- laconic
- using few words; expressing much in few words; brief
- despotic
- of, pretaining to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical; authorized. despot- a ruler with absolut power
- zeal
- fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence
- proliferation
- the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts; bulk
- surreptitious
- obtained, done, made, etc. by stealth, secret, or unauthorized; acting in a stealthy way
- obsequious
- characterized by or showing servile complaisance or difference; fawning; brown nosing
- buttress
- any external prop or support bult to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrust; support
- empirical
- derived from or guided by experince or experiment; practical
- irascible
- easily provoked to anger; very irritable; crabby
- scrupulous
- having scruples (a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force); having or showing strict regard for what one considers right; principled
- circumspect
- watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent
- magnanimity
- the quality of being magnanimous (generous in forgiving an insult or injury); unselfish concern
- fallow
- plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated; not in use; inactive
- corroboration
- the act of corroborating; recognition
- deplete
- to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of; consume