Swikard 1 B Flashcards
Honors American Literature
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| 642359206 | dauntless | fearless | |
| 642359207 | circuitous | being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course | |
| 642359208 | assiduous | constant in application or attention; diligent; devoted, persistent, attentive, | |
| 642359209 | anathema | curse; someone or something cursed reviled or shunned | |
| 642359210 | gustatory | of or pertaining to the sense of taste | |
| 642359211 | ruse | an action or devicemeant to confuse or mislead | |
| 642359212 | censorious | tending to reprimand or censure; fault-finding | |
| 642359213 | jocund | having a cheerful disposition or quality | |
| 642359214 | dilettante | a dabbler in the arts; superficial or amateurish | |
| 642359215 | penury | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency; destitution | |
| 642359216 | propensity | a natural inclination; tendency; an innate inclination | |
| 642359217 | tractable | easily managed or controlled | |
| 642359218 | adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; dexterous; deft; skillful under pressing conditions | |
| 642359219 | expunge | to erase, obliterate, destroy; omit | |
| 642359220 | altercation | noisy quarrel | |
| 642359221 | sumptuous | extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious; lavish | |
| 642359222 | reticence | the trait of being uncommunicative; reserve; an instance of silence | |
| 642359223 | fraught | teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by; filled with; laden with | |
| 642359224 | tacit | unspoken, silent; implied by or inferred from actions or statements | |
| 642359225 | mollify | to allay (the anger of) placate; calm; To make gentler; soften or ease |