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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

spring vocab #3

brouhaha-excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event;
 cloy-to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure,
 demeanor-conduct; behavior; deportment.
 deference-respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion
 enigmatic-resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious.
 definitive-most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study
 bumptious-offensively self-assertive
 choleric-extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible
 bulwark-a wall of earth or other material built for defense
 curtail-to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
 adamant-utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals
 profligate-utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute
 mawkish-characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin
 thwart-to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose
 onus-a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden
 requisite-necessary for a particular purpose, position
 mollify-to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease
 sartorial-of or pertaining to tailors or their trade
 presentiment-a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding
 impromptu-made or done without previous preparation
 forbearance-the act of forbearing; a refraining from something
 remit-to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment

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