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Word List Day 21
Word | Definition |
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admonitory | containing warning |
luculent | easily understood; lucid; clear |
coeval | of the same period; coexisting |
insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolated |
auspicious | favorable successful prosperous |
secular | material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries |
streak | long thin move very fast |
nascent | coming into existence; emerging |
decry | disapprove of |
penchant | strong inclination a liking |
pulchritude | Physical beauty |
onus | responsilibilty,burden |
vanquish | conquer |
extirpate | to destroy exterminate cut out exscind |
assiduous | diligent hard-working; sedulous |
privation | hardship |
accretion | the growing of separate things into one |
covetous | eagerly desirous |
defalcate | (v) to embezzle or misappropriate |
baneful | causing harm or ruin; pernicious; destructive |
indelible | that cannot be rubbed out |
palliate | lessen the severity of |
cogent | strong; convincing |
dearth | shortage |
pellucid | transparent easy to understand |
condone | forgive |
lumber | move in a clumsy/noisy way |
discredit | refuse to believe |
recidivism | relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior |
lurk | be out of view ready to attack |
coda | passage that completes a piece of music |
cornucopia | abundant supply |
veneer | surface appearance covering the TRUE nature |
petrify | to make hard rocklike |
censure | expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke |