Wordly Wise 11, Lesson 5

JMcBeach (United States of America)
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  1. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  2. accrue
    grow by addition
  3. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  4. acquiescence
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  5. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  6. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  7. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  8. impropriety
    the condition of being unsuitable or offensive
  9. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  10. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  11. penitence
    remorse for your past conduct
  12. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  13. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  14. repercussion
    a remote or indirect consequence of some action
  15. revelation
    the act of making something evident
  16. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  17. unsavory
    morally offensive
Created on Wed Oct 30 00:51:18 EDT 2013

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