Nicar's spring semester vocab list evens
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| 143961029 | Acrid | adjective—harsh, acidic | |
| 143961030 | agrarian | adjective—related to farming and land | |
| 143961031 | boor | noun—a rude person; someone who is unrefined | |
| 143961032 | cabal | noun—a small group of people who plan a secret plot, especially political. | |
| 143961033 | canard | noun—a false story with the intention of misleading or doing harm | |
| 143961034 | carapace | noun—a protective covering; shell | |
| 143961035 | chutzpah | noun—brazen, audacious behavior that is admired, but sometimes rude. Gutsy. | |
| 143961036 | Dearth | noun—scarcity; lack | |
| 143961037 | diurnal | adjective—occurring every day | |
| 143961038 | egregious | adjective—flagrant; extremely bad | |
| 143961039 | entice | verb—to lure, attract; to tempt in a pleasing fashion | |
| 143961040 | filial | adjective—having the relationship of a child to a parent | |
| 143961041 | hirsute | adjective—covered with hair, shaggy | |
| 143961042 | itinerant | adjective—moving from place to place. | |
| 143961043 | laconic | adjective—brief, using few words | |
| 143961044 | mendicant | noun—a street beggar or alms seeker | |
| 143961045 | moniker | noun—nickname; word or words by which one is addressed | |
| 143961046 | ossify | verb—fossilize, convert to bone; to become rigid | |
| 143961047 | philippic | noun—verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, insulting language; a tirade. | |
| 143961048 | porcine | adjective—reminiscent of or pertaining to a pig; resembling a pig | |
| 143961049 | rancor | noun—a bitter resentment or ill-will; hatred or malice | |
| 143961050 | recidivism | noun—repeated relapse into past condition or behavior; a tendency to return to criminal ways | |
| 143961051 | ribald | adjective—rude; vulgar, lewd, off-color | |
| 143961052 | salubrious | adjective—favorable to promoting or contributing to good health | |
| 143961053 | sophistry | noun—unsound or misleading but clever argument | |
| 143961054 | tenable | adjective—justifiable; rational; viable; defensible | |
| 143961055 | untenable | adjective—incapable of being defended, occupied or lived in. Weak or illogical. | |
| 143961056 | verdant | adjective—covered with vegetation; green and leafy | |
| 143961057 | wrest | verb—pull away; take by violence | |
| 143961058 | yen | noun—strong longing or desire |
