Friday, April 8, 2011

Week 40 Words

1. Augment (v) – to increase, enlarge
2. Cant (n) – insincere, meaningless talk
3. Clique (n) – a small, exclusive group of people, a coterie
4. Contort (v) – to twist violently
5. Elucidate (v) – to clarify
6. Extol (v) – to praise highly
7. Facile (adj) – easily accomplished or attained
8. Fatuous (adj) – inane, foolish, silly
9. Imperceptible (adj) – extremely slight or gradual
10. Lassitude (adj) – weakness, weariness
11. Magnanimous (adj) – noble, generous
12. Mentor (n/v) – tutor, coach
13. Proximity (adj) – nearness
14. Repertoire (n) – works an artist is ready to perform
15. Rhetoric (n) – use of language (exaggerated at times)
16. Umbrage (n) – offense, resentment
17. Unwieldy (adj) – bulky, cumbersome
18. Vapid (adj) – dull, uninteresting
19. Vilify (v) – to slander, malign
20. Vitiate (v) – to destroy the use or value

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