GE voc 3
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- abject
- utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched, despicable; slavish
- affront
- an insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; (v): to insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
- beneficent
- performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
- chaste
- free from obscenity; decent, undefiled or stainless, a virgin
- depreciatory
- tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value, to lessen the value of by derision, criticism, disparge
- descry
- discern or make out; catch sight of, to discover by looking carefully; detect
- diabolical
- extremely evil or cruel, of or like a devil; very wicked
- efficacy
- the power to produce a desired result, efficacious
- epitaph
- an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
- excrescence
- An abnormal addition, outgrowth, or development, something that bulges out
- felicitous
- appropriate for an occasion, as an action, manner, or expression, marked by well-being or good fortune, happy
- fortuitous
- happening by chance or accident, lucky
- gruff
- rough or surly in manner, hoarse in speech
- hypocrite
- a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is
- imbrue
- To wet or moisten, stain, to permeate or impregnate
- impertinent
- improperly forward or bold, rude; insolent; irrelevant or inappropriate
- maudlin
- overly emotional, wallowing in self pity
- morose
- Having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable, ill-humored
- ostentatious
- intended to attract notice and impress others, showy, pretentious
- paroxysm
- a sudden outburst; a spasm, a fit of violent action or emotion
- pervade
- spread throughout, permeate
- propitiation
- to appease or make well disposed; conciliate,to placate or overcome distrust and animosity
- propriety
- correct or appropriate behavior, conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners
- remonstrance
- an expression of protest, complaint, or criticism
- reproach
- a mild criticism, to disgrace or shame someone
- sanctify
- To make holy or sacred, to make legitimate, purify
- stolid
- having or revealing little emotion or sensibility, unemotional, not easily moved mentally or emotionally
- subterfuge
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity, stratagem used to hide something, evade an argument or rule, escape a consequence
- supercilious
- having or showing arrogant superiority to; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
- synopsis
- a short summary that outlines the main points of something
- temporize
- to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to delay
- toady
- a person who flatters in hope of gaining favors
- tremulous
- characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness
- trepidation
- fear; nervous apprehension, a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen