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Vocab. Lev G
Unit 13
Word | Definition |
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abstruse | (adj.) extremely difficult to understand |
affront | (n.) an open or intentional insult |
affront | (v.) to insult to one's face, to face in defiance |
canard | (n.) a false rumor, fabricated story |
captious | (adj.) excessively ready to find fault, given to petty criticism |
cognizant | (adj.) aware, knowledgeable, informed |
contrite | (adj.) regretful for some misdeed or sin, plagued by a sense of guilt |
cynosure | (n.) the center of attraction, attention, or interest |
decorous | (adj.) well-behaved), dignified, socially proper |
deign | (v.) to think it appropriate to one's dignity to do something, to condescend |
dessicated | (adj., part.) thoroughly dried out, divested of spirit or vitality, arid and uninteresting |
efficacy | (n.) the power to produce a desired result |
engender | (v.) to bring into existence, give rise to, produce, or to come into existence |
ethereal | (adj.) light, airy, delicate, suggesting what is heavenly rather than earthbound |
facade | (n.) the front or face of a building, a surface appearance |
ghoulish | (adj.) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way |
incongruous | (adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible |
machination | (n.) a crafty, scheming or underhanded action dsigned to accomplish some evil end |
mesmerize | (v.) to hypnotize, entrance or fascinate |
opprobrium | (n.) disgrace arising from shameful conduct, contempt, reproach |
putative | (adj.) generally regarded as such, reputed, inferred |