High-Level Vocabulary List #6

His Holiness King Ahmed TheGreat (United States of America)
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  1. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  2. jingoism
    fanatical patriotism
  3. ossify
    become bony
  4. mitigated
    made less severe or intense
  5. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  6. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  7. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  8. diplomacy
    negotiation between nations
  9. concession
    the act of yielding
  10. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  11. denounce
    speak out against
  12. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  13. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  14. nascent
    being born or beginning
  15. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  16. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  17. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  18. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  19. belligerence
    hostile or warlike attitude or nature
  20. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Created on Mon Dec 16 19:14:15 EST 2013 (updated Mon Dec 16 20:47:41 EST 2013)

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