Unit 14_Orange Book - Sadlier Oxford Level G

John S. (United States of America)
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  1. beatific
    resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  2. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  3. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  4. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  5. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  6. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
  7. consign
    give over to another for care or safekeeping
  8. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  9. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  10. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  11. gainsay
    take exception to
  12. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  13. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  14. loath
    strongly opposed
  15. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  16. minutia
    a small or minor detail
  17. moratorium
    suspension of an ongoing activity
  18. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  19. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  20. replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  21. visionary
    a person with unusual powers of foresight
  22. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Created on Wed Feb 27 13:52:33 EST 2013 (updated Wed Feb 27 13:52:42 EST 2013)

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