Words of the Week

Nana1723 (United States of America)
Words of the Week!! Weeks 8/8 to 9/24
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  1. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  2. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  3. caucus
    meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  4. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
  5. protean
    taking on different forms
  6. immunity
    the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  7. segregation
    the act of keeping apart
  8. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  9. propitiate
    make peace with
  10. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  11. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  12. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  13. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  14. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  15. tangible
    perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
  16. perceptive
    of or relating to awareness via the senses
  17. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  18. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  19. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  20. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  21. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  22. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  23. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Created on Tue Sep 18 09:19:00 EDT 2012

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