High-Level Vocabulary List #3

His Holiness King Ahmed TheGreat (United States of America)
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  1. laceration
    the act of tearing irregularly
  2. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  3. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  4. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  5. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  6. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  7. blighted
    affected by something that prevents growth or prosperity
  8. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  9. enshroud
    cover as if with a shroud
  10. haughtiness
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
  11. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  12. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  13. plethora
    extreme excess
  14. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  15. tedium
    the feeling of being bored by something
  16. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  17. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  18. enunciation
    the articulation of speech with regards to intelligibility
  19. headstrong
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  20. lackluster
    not having brilliance or vitality
Created on Mon Dec 16 18:50:23 EST 2013 (updated Mon Dec 16 19:10:21 EST 2013)

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