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Words 07
- propitiate:
to appease; to conciliate.
- solecism:
a nonstandard usage or grammatical construction.
- maudlin:
excessively sentimental.
- commination:
a denunciation.
- antiquarian:
one who collects, studies, or deals in antiquities.
- evince:
to show in a clear manner.
- salient:
noticeable; also, projecting; also,
leaping.
- fungible:
interchangeable.
- yen:
a strong desire or inclination.
- cozen:
to deceive or obtain by deceit.
- plangent:
beating with a loud or deep sound; also,
expressing sadness.
- impassible:
incapable of suffering; also, unfeeling or not
showing feeling.
- roue:
a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure.
- ignoble:
not noble.
- panjandrum:
an important or self-important official.
- turpitude:
baseness; depravity.
- ne
plus ultra: the acme; also, the most profound
degree.
- potboiler:
a usually inferior literary or artistic work, produced quickly for the
purpose of making money.
- varicolored:
having a variety of colors.
- recreant:
cowardly; also, unfaithful or disloyal.
- intrepid:
fearless; bold.
- embonpoint:
plumpness of person.
- abrogate:
to annul; to do away with.
- panacea:
a cure-all.
- noisome:
offensive or disgusting; also, harmful;
unwholesome.
- factotum:
a person employed to do all kinds of work.
- pronunciamento:
a proclamation; a pronouncement.
- mendacious:
untruthful; also, untrue.
- doff:
to take off; to remove; also, to rid oneself of.
- precipice:
a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place.