Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Week 36 Words

1. Acme (n) – zenith, pinnacle, peak
2. Candid (adj) – open, honest, frank
3. Compassion (n) – kindness, sympathy
4. Copious (adj) – plentiful, abundant, ample
5. Covet (v) – to wish, want, envy
6. Degrade (v) – to lower, make contemptible
7. Depict (v) – to portray, picture
8. Dexterity (n) – physical or mental skill
9. Epitome (n) – something that represents the best, quintessence
10. Genre (n) – a style of painting or literature
11. Grotesque (adj) – fantastic, strange, bizarre
12. Ignominious (adj) – disgraceful, humiliating
13. Ingratiate (v) – to charm, win confidence
14. Naïve (adj) – unworldly, unsophisticated
15. Penury (n) - poverty
16. Perfidious (adj) – false, treacherous
17. Repugnant (adj) – repulsive, disgraceful
18. Unsavory (adj) – morally bad, disagreeable, offensive
19. Vehemently (adv) – passionately, violently, eagerly
20. Venial (adj) – pardonable, forgivable

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