Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Spring Vocab #3

Brouhaha: An uproar; hubbub.

Cloy: To supply with too much of something, esp. With something too rich or sweet.

Demeanor: The way in which a person behaves or conducts himself deportment.

Deference: Submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgement of another. Courteous respect.

Enigmatic: Of or resembling an enigma; puzzling.

Definitive: Precisely defining or outlining; explicit. Determining finally; decisive.

Bumptious: Crudely forward and assertive in behavior; Pushy.

Choleric: Easily angered; Bad tempered. Showing or expressing anger.

Bulwark: A wall or similar structure raised as a defensive fortification; rampart. Something serving as a principal defense against attack or encroachment.

Curtail: To cut short; abbreviate.

Adamant: A legendary stone believed to be impenetrable. An extremely hard substance.

Profligate: Given over to dissipation; dissolute. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

Mawkish: Excessively and objectionably sentimental. Sickening or insipid in taste.

Thwart: To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.

Onus: A difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.

Requisite: Required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.

Mollify: To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. To mitigate or reduce; soften.

sartorial: Of or pertaining to tailors or their trade.

Presentiment: A feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil;
foreboding.

Impromptu: Made or done without previous preparation.

Forbearance: The act of forbearing; a refraining from something. An abstaining from the enforcement of a right.

Remit: To transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment. To refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.





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