Thursday, February 21, 2013

Vocab List 5

  • brouhaha: a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something.

  • cloy: Disgust or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.

  • demeanor:  outward behavior or bearing.

  • deference: Respect.

  • enigmatic: difficult to understand.

  • definitive: without a doubt.

  • bumptious: cocky.

  • choleric:Bad-tempered or irritable.

  • bulwark:A defensive wall.

  • curtail: reduce or restrict.

  • adamant: refusing to change.

  • profligate:dissolute person.

  • mawkish:Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way.

  • thwart: preventing someone to accomplish something.

  • onus:used to refer to something that is ones duty or responsibility.

  • requisite:made necessary by particular circumstances.

  • mollify:appease the anger or anxiety of someone.

  • sartorial:relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.

  • presentiment:intuitive feeling about the future.

  • impromptu:done without being planned , organized, or rehearsed.

  • forbearance:formal patience or self control.

  • remit :refrain from inflicting.


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