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Lesson 7 AW
accord | agreement; to bring into agreement or harmony |
ambulatory | able to walk, not bedridden |
ameliorate | to improve |
belie | to show to be false |
blatantly | obviously, without attempt to conceal |
capricious | unpredictable; fickle, erratic |
complaisant | trying to please |
cordial | friendly; gracious; heartfelt |
diminution | act or process of diminishing |
edify | to instruct; morally teach or correct |
furtive | stealthy, sneaky; sly |
habitable | capable of being lived in, livable |
heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief/ accepted religion |
impugn | to call into question; dispute; contradict (often insulting) |
impulsive | affected by sudden desires and emotions; acting on the spur of the momment |
iniquitous | wicked; immoral; unjust |
jettison | to throw overboard; throw away; discared |
orthodox | related to approved doctrine; traditional |
oxymoron | a phrase in which the elements are apparently contradictory but accurate or true |
peripatetic | nomadic; unsettled |
portend | indicate in advance; foretell |
refractory | stubborn; unmanageable |
refute | disapprove; prove false |
sententious | opinionated; self-righteous |
stolid | unemotional; unruffled |
tantamount | equivalent in effect; force or value |
temperate | moderate; restrained; self-controlled |
tenable | defensible; valid |
vacillate | to waver; fluctuate |
vociferious | given to shouting out noisily; clamorous |