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eng wessk 12th L3-4
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Term | Definition |
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alacrity | liveliness and eagerness |
bearing | a person's manner or way of conducting himself or herself |
circuitous | deviating from a straight course |
conciliatory | intended to placate |
consternation | sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion |
diffident | lacking self-confidence |
enjoin | give instructions to or direct somebody to do something |
estimable | deserving of honor and respect |
forbearance | good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence |
iconoclast | someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions |
lassitude | a feeling of lack of interest or energy |
obstreperous | noisily and stubbornly defiant |
pique | call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response |
profligate | recklessly wasteful |
quotidian | found in the ordinary course of events |
rancorous | showing deep-seated resentment |
specious | plausible but false |
supplication | a humble request for help from someone in authority |
trite | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |
vicarious | experienced at secondhand |
assiduous | marked by care and persistent effort |
bode | indicate by signs |
circumvent | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
cogent | powerfully persuasive |
deign | do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
disingenuous | not straightforward or candid |
euphemism | an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one |
fractious | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
impute | attribute to a cause or source |
inured | made tough by habitual exposure |
obeisance | dutiful or submissive behavior |
officious | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
pedantic | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning |
propriety | correct behavior |
recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
scrupulous | characterized by extreme care and great effort |
surreptitious | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
vicissitude | a variation in circumstances or fortune |
willful | habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition |