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Word List Day 18
Word | Definition |
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quixotic | fanciful, fantastic, imaginary |
fracas | noisy; quarrel |
putrefaction | becoming rotten |
torpid | dull and slow |
assuage | make something (pain desire) less |
insinuate | suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently |
sycophant | person who flatter to the rich and powerful |
urbane | elegant refined in manners |
ebullience | exuberance outburst of feeling |
austere | severely moral and strict simple and plain |
inadvertent | not paying proper attention |
assail | attack violently |
stingy | spending using unwillingly |
equivocal | having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious |
proclivity | inclination |
cower | crouch shrink back |
colander | bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water |
maul | hurt by rough handling |
provisional | of the present time only |
burnish | to polish; rub to a shine |
penury | extreme poverty |
dirge | a song of grief or lamentation |
ire | anger |
vain | without use result conceited |
ruddy | reddish, healthy-looking |
forfeit | suffer the loss of something |
engender | cause produce give rise to |
occluded | blocked up |
rotund | rich and deep; plump and round |
puerile | childish |
savant | person of great learning |
profuse | abundant/lavish |
enervate | weaken deprive of strength attenuate |
adamant | kind of stone; inflexible |
dynamo | a generator something that produces electric current |