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Word List Day 13
Word | Definition |
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poncho | large piece of cloth |
impassive | unmoved; feeling no sign of passion |
pitfall | covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger |
coddle | treat with care and tenderness |
inscrutable | incapable of being discovered or understood |
shrill | sharp; piercing |
arboreal | of connected with trees |
boorish | crude; rude |
lull | become quiet or less active |
timorous | fearful timid afraid |
imperturbable | calm not capable of being excited |
perch | take up a high position |
prudence | careful forethought |
cohort | a group or band of people |
sagacious | having sound judgment; perceptive; wise like a sage |
ignoble | not noble; inferior |
intersperse | place here and there |
oblivious | unaware; having no memory |
rescind | repeal/annul/cancel |
nebulous | cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct |
disseminate | distribute (esp. ideas) |
heed | attention/give notice to |
laudatory | expressing or giving praise |
bask | in enjoy warmth and light |
fluke | lucky; stroke |
ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement |
pliant | easily bent |
endearing | making dear or liked |
precarious | uncertain risky dangerous |
inferno | hell |
palpitate | tremble beat rapidly and irregularly |
embellish | make beautiful |
ominous | threatening |
fluster | make nervous or confused |
matriculation | be admitted enter a university as a student |