CRN English III Words

Corinne V. (United States of America)
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  1. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  2. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  3. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  4. epitome
    a standard or typical example
  5. omit
    leave undone or leave out
  6. susceptible
    yielding readily to or capable of undergoing a process
  7. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  8. solemn
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  9. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  10. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  11. seldom
    not often
  12. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  13. desecrated
    treated with contempt
  14. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  15. autonomy
    political independence
  16. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  17. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  18. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  19. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
  20. corpulent
    excessively large
  21. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  22. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  23. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  24. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  25. stringent
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  26. ameliorate
    make better
  27. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  28. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  29. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  30. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  31. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  32. transient
    lasting a very short time
  33. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  34. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  35. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  36. categorize
    place into or assign to a class
  37. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  38. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  39. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  40. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  41. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  42. caveat
    a warning against certain acts
  43. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  44. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  45. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  46. squeamish
    easily disturbed or disgusted by unpleasant things
  47. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  48. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
  49. cadaverous
    of or relating to a corpse
  50. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  51. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  52. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
Created on Thu Aug 25 21:28:55 EDT 2011

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