Quiz 3: 1.7-2.1 Flashcards
Pejorative
Having negative connotations; tending to disparage or belittle
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Pestilential
Causing or tending to cause pestilence; morally harmful; giving rise to vexation or annoyance
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Grandiloquent
Characterized by a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality, especially in language
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Extemporaneous
Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment
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Denizen
Inhabitant of a particular place; one that frequent a place
Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
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Obsequious
Marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Loquacious
Full of excessive talk; given to fluent or excessive talking
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Imbroglio
An acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding; a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation; an intricate or complicated situation
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Ignominious
Humiliating, degrading; deserving of shame or humility
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Harangue
A ranting speech addressed to a public assembly; a lecture with negative connotation
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Neophyte
a new convert, novice, or beginner
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Onerous
Involving, imposing, or constituting a burden; having legal obligations that outweighs the advantages
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Colloquial
Used in characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; using a conversational style
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Effulgence
Radiant splendor
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Incipient
Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inexorable
Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
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Magnanimous
Showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit; showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
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