20 Vocab Words Part 11 Flashcards
having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.
synonyms: spicy, tangy, peppery, hot; More
pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
synonyms: intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating, colorful,
Piquant
avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
Indolence
disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.
Cloy
a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action
Scruples
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
Recalcitrant
money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonorable way
Lucre
extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Avarice
sketched, shadowed in outline,” past participle of it “to represent (a thing) in outline
Adumbrate
the act of making something appear greater than is actually warranted by the facts
Aggrandizement
the act of renouncing or rejecting something.
Abnegation
(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.
Incendiary
based on illusion; not real.
Illusory
reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling).
Evince
the fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done.
Insistence
hesitating or doubting.
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not to be relied upon; suspect.
Dubious
