MC 7 Flashcards
Feigned
Simulated or pretended; insincere
Idolatrous
Worshiping idols
Ambivalent
Having mixed feeling or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Affectation
Writing behavior or language Designed to impress
Pomp
Ceremony and splendid display esp.at a public event
Perspicuity
Clearly expressed an easily understood
Cadence
A modulation or inflection of the voice
Circumlocutions
The use of many words when fewer would do
Strident
Loud or harsh; grading
Conciliatory
Intended or likely to pacify
Inexorable
Impossible to stop or prevent
Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual or subtle way, but with harmful effects
Extemporaneous
Spoke. Or done with preparation
Virtuosity
Great skill in music or artistic pursuit
Pedantic
Overly teaching and knowledgable