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08/09/2012

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Term
inured
Definition

1. toughened to the point where one does not repond

2. accustomed to accepting undesirable

 

Term
stolidity
Definition
1) having to express little or no sensibility: unemotional
Term
expediency
Definition
: the quality or state of being suited to the end in view :suitability, fitness
2
obsoletea : haste, dispatchb : an enterprise requiring haste or caution
Term
bombastic
Definition

1 marked by or given to bombast-pompous, overblown

pretentous, inflated speech

 

Term
regency
Definition

a person governing in the place of monarch who is absent

 

period in which a regent governs

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consummate
Definition

complete

 

extremely accomplished

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prodigious
Definition

remarkably or impressivly great in extent, size or degree

 

unatural, abnormal

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execrable
Definition

detest, hateful

inferior, wretched

Term
maladroit
Definition
marked by lack of dexterity; clumsy, inept
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incredulous
Definition

unwilling to admit or accept what is true

 

skeptical, disbelieving

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calumnious
Definition

a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation

 

uttering false charges or malicious statements, slander

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desiccant
Definition

dry out throughly

 

to preserve foods by removing moisture

 

drying agent in packaging

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demagogue
Definition

a leader who makes use of popular prejudice and false claims and promises to gain power

 

plays on emotions

Term
quotidian
Definition

Everyday commonplace, especially mundane

 

recurring daily

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etiolated
Definition
to bleach and alter natural development

to make pale and sickly
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contradiction
Definition
to assert opposite of

a statement or phrase the denies itself
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sidereal
Definition
having to do or about stars or constellations
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static
Definition
having no motion, being at rest

of or relating to bodies at rest or forces that balance between each other
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transient
Definition
passing with time

remaining in a place for a brief stay
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discompose
Definition
to destroy the composure of

to disturb the order of
Term
asute
Definition
having or showing keen judgement
Term
prestidigitation
Definition
sleight of hand
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amorphous
Definition
lacking definite form, having no specific shape

of no particular kind of character or type
Term
prescient
Definition
Foreknowing knowledge of events before they happen
Term
peregrination
Definition
to travel from one place to another, especially on foot

a course of travel; journey
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pernicious
Definition
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Deadly, destructive
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puerile
Definition
of or pertaining to a child or childhood

immature, childish
Term
peroration
Definition
concluding part of a speech
Term
mercurial
Definition
changeable, volatile, fickle, flighty, erratic

animated, lively: quick-witted
Term
acrimonious
Definition
using sharp language
Term
filigree
Definition
Delicate and intricate ornamental work, made from gold, silver and other fine twisted wire
Term
recalcitrant
Definition
stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or guidance
Term
tautology
Definition
needless repetition of the same sense in different words

Logic
Term
antiquated
Definition
obsolete

out dated, out of style or fashion
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