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Word List Day 17
Word | Definition |
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doleful | dismal; mourful |
innocuous | causing no harm |
exhaustive | complete; thorough |
abrogate | repeal or annul by authority |
recant | take back as being FALSE give up |
crush | press lose shape subdue overwhelm |
talon | claw of a bird of prey |
quack | person dishonestly claiming to something |
emaciate | make thin and weak |
sever | break off |
sodden | soaked; saturated |
mephitic | Poisonous; noxious |
sketchy | shortly, roughly, quickly |
intrepid | fearless; brave; undaunted |
preternatural | not normal or usual |
pariah | an outcast a rejected and despised person |
unfeigned | not pretended sincere |
servile | like a slave lacking independence |
ossify | to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea |
prim | neat; formal |
churlish | (adj) boorish |
fixate | stare at |
commodious | having plenty of space for what is needed |
flinch | draw; move back; wince |
insurrection | rising of people to open resistance to |
recast | cast or fashion anew |
thwart | obstruct/frustrate |
transgress | break go beyond (a limit) |
engrossing | taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal |
vilify | slander say evil things |
intransigence | unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability |
covert | disguised |
heinous | odious (of crime) |
infuse | put; pour; fill |
ubiquitous | present everywhere |