Week 4
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225916097 | egocentric | a self-centered person with little regard for others | |
225916098 | ethnocentric | believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups | |
225916099 | centrifugal | Physics: tending to move away from a center Politics: tending to disperse political or administrative power away from a central authority. | |
225916100 | concentric | arcs and circles that share the same center points | |
225916101 | circuitous | lengthy because very indirect, roundabout | |
225916102 | circumvent | To find a way of avoiding restrictions imposed by a rule or law without actually breaking it. | |
225916103 | circumference | the size of something as given by the distance around it | |
225916104 | circumlocution | the use of more words than necessary to express something, especially to avoid saying something. | |
225916105 | circumspect | heedful of potential consequences, cautious, prudent, careful, guarded | |
225916106 | circumscribe | restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" especially to limit the power of something. | |
225916107 | dynamic | full of energy, enthusiasm, and a sense of purpose and able to get both things going and to get things done. | |
225916108 | castigate | to criticize or rebuke somebody or somebody's behavior severely. criticize, reprimand, chastise | |
225916109 | facetious | witty, cleverly amusing in tone, joking at an inappropriate time | |
225916110 | gauche | lacking social graces; tactless, clumsy | |
225916111 | impudent | showing a lack of respect and excessive boldness | |
225916112 | fiasco | a total failure, especially humiliating | |
225916113 | vulnerable | open to physical or emotional harm; easily persuadable or liable | |
225916114 | volatile | apt to become suddenly violent or dangerous | |
225916115 | pulchritude | physical beauty | |
225916116 | vapid | lacking interest or liveliness; lacking strength, taste or flavor | |
225916117 | demur | to delay or try to avoid doing something because of personal reservations or objections | |
225916118 | indiscretion | lack of tact or good judgement; something said or done that is unwise | |
225916119 | finite | having an end or limit | |
225916120 | inveterate | fixed in a habit or practice; especially a bad one, firmly established | |
225916121 | rendezvous | a meeting or appointment arranged for an agreed time and place | |
225916122 | slovenly | An offensive term meaning not concerned about conventional standards of personal hygiene and tidiness | |
225916123 | colossal | very large very great | |
225916124 | enigma | like a riddle not easily understood | |
225916125 | concise | using as few words as possible to give the necessary info, or compressed in order to be breif | |
225916126 | concord | agreement, friendly relations, or peace | |
225916127 | whet | 1. to make feeling, sense or desire more keen 2. Sharpen the cutting edge or blade of a tool or weapon, rubbing against a stone | |
225916128 | sage | wise man | |
225916129 | chivalrous | courteous and considerate relating to or reflecting the values of the medieval code of knighthood | |
225916130 | admonish | to rebuke somebody mildly but earnestly to advise somebody to do or, more often not to do something | |
225916131 | stereotype | An over simplified standardized image of a person or group. | |
225916132 | didactic | instruction containing containing a political or moral message | |
225916133 | incoherent | lacking cohesion and connection; not clearly expressed or well through out and consequently difficult to understand | |
225916134 | convoluted | complex | |
225916135 | abstruse | difficult to understand | |
225916136 | vituperate | marked harshly | |
225916137 | temporal | relating to time; brief and lasting only a short time | |
225916138 | belligerent | hostile ready to start a fight or ready to go to war | |
225916139 | banal | boringly ordinary and lacking in originality | |
225916140 | sloth | laziness or dislike of work or an kind of physical exertion | |
225916141 | snivel | To behave in a whining tearful or self pitying way to sniff repeatedly | |
225916142 | epoch | a significant period in history or in somebody's life | |
225916143 | placid | peaceful calm | |
225916144 | archives | a collection of documents such as letters, official papers, photographs, or recorded material, kept for their historical interest | |
225916145 | requisite | necessary or appropriate for a specific purpose |