Words every high school graduate should know - 1

Ms. Bowen (United States of America)
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  1. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  2. belie
    be in contradiction with
  3. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  4. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  5. disenfranchise
    deprive of voting rights
  6. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  7. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  8. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  9. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  10. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  11. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  12. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  13. metamorphosis
    striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
  14. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  15. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  16. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  17. precipitous
    extremely steep
  18. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  19. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  20. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
Created on Wed Oct 25 21:35:14 EDT 2017

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