Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Week 42 Words

1. Artifice (n) – strategy, trickery, pretense
2. Artless (adj) – naïve, innocent
3. Begrudge (v) – to be resentful or reluctant
4. Blasé (adj) – indifferent, not responsive to excitement
5. Callous (adj) – unfeeling, hardened
6. Capricious (adj) – fanciful, whimsical
7. Comely (adj) – handsome, beautiful
8. Delve (v) – to do research, dig
9. Diversity (n) – change, variety
10. Ennui (n) - boredom
11. Expedient (adj) – fit, advisable
12. Expurgate (v) – to remove objectionable parts or passages
13. Frenetic (adj) – frenzied, frantic
14. Gratuity (n) – a tip
15. Manifest (adj/v) – obvious, evident or to show/exhibit
16. Negligible (adj) – inconsiderable, trifling
17. Qualm (n) – a pang of conscience or uneasiness
18. Quandary (n) – a dilemma, doubt
19. Replenish (v) – to restock or refill
20. Requisite (adj) - necessary

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