English 4: Communicating Human Values--Week 4 Vocabulary

Gary S.
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  1. beatific
    experiencing or displaying extreme joy or bliss
  2. sherbet
    a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar
  3. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  4. badinage
    frivolous banter
  5. unconscionable
    lacking a sense of right conduct
  6. retentive
    good at remembering
  7. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  8. preen
    dress or groom with elaborate care
  9. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  10. overweening
    unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
  11. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  12. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  13. bucolic
    a country person
  14. garble
    distort or make false by mutilation or addition
  15. choleric
    easily moved to anger
Created on Sun Sep 30 13:07:32 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Oct 02 09:58:58 EDT 2012)

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