vocabulary feb. 19
- brouhaha: A
noisy and overexcited critical response, display of interest, or trail of
publicity
- cloy: Disgust
or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment
- demeanor: Outward
behavior or bearing
- deference: Humble
submission and respect.
- enigmatic:
Difficult
to interpret or understand
- definitive: serving
to provide a final solution or to end a situation; serving
to define or
specify
precisely
- bumptious: Self-assertive
or proud to an irritating degree.
- bulwark: solid
wall-like structure raised for defense
- curtail: To
cut short or reduce
- adamant: extremely
hard substance
- profligate: Recklessly
extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
- mawkish: Sentimental
in a feeble or sickly way
- thwart: Prevent
(someone) from accomplishing something
- onus: Used
to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility
- requisite: Made
necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.
- mollify:Appease
the anger or anxiety of (someone).
- sartorial: Of
or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress
- presentiment: An
intuitive feeling about the future
- impromptu: Prompted
by the occasion rather than being planned in advance
- forbearance: refraining
from the enforcement of something
- remit: Cancel
or refrain from exacting or inflicting
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