Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Vocabulary: Spring List 5

brouhaha: An Uproar
 cloy:to surfeit with an excess usually of something originally pleasing
 demeanor:behavior toward others : outward
 deference:respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; also :affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes
 enigmatic: of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : mysterious
 definitive: serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
 bumptious: presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive
 choleric: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger :hot-tempered
 bulwark: a solid wall-like structure raised for defense
 curtail: to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
 adamant: an unbreakable or extremely hard substance 
 profligate: completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness
 mawkish: having an insipid often unpleasant taste
 thwart: to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of
 onus: a disagreeable necessity
 requisite: essentialnecessary
 mollify: to soothe in temper or disposition
 sartorial: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes; broadly : of or relating to clothes 
 presentiment: a feeling that something will or is about to happen :premonition
 impromptu: a musical composition suggesting improvisation
 forbearance: a refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
 remit: to release from the guilt or penalty of

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