Thursday, April 14, 2011

Week 35

1. Cliché (n/adj) – a commonplace phrase/common
2. Countenance (v/n) – to permit/façade
3. Debacle (n) – ruin, fiasco, disaster
4. Effrontery (n) - boldness
5. Equanimity (n) – self control
6. Flabbergasted (adj) - astounded
7. Gaunt (adj) – haggard, thin
8. Hirsute (adj) - hairy
9. Lampoon (v) – to ridicule
10. Mien (n) – bearing, appearance, manner
11. Nonentity (n) – one of no importance
12. Parable (n) – a moralistic story
13. Pensive (adj) – reflective, thoughtful
14. Refute (v) – to disprove
15. Sanctimonious (adj) – hypocritically religious
16. Stupor (n) – insensible condition, daze
17. Vivacious (adj) - lively
18. Whet (v) – stimulate, awaken
19. Whimsical (adj) – fanciful, quirky
20. Wince (v) – to flinch, draw back

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