Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Vocab #5

1. Brouhaha - Excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo. 
2. Cloy - to be weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.
3. Demeanor - Conduct; behavior; deportment.
4. Deference - Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc.
5. Enigmatic - Resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious.
6. Definitive - Most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like. 
7. Bumptious - Offensively self-assertive.
8. Choleric - Extremely irritable or easily angered.
9. Bulwark - A wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart.
10. Curtail - To cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce.
11. Adamant - Utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals. 
12. Profligate - Utterly and shamelessly immoral dissipated; thoroughly 
13. Mawkish - Characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional.
14. Thwart - To oppose successful; prevent from accomplish a purpose.
15. Onus - A difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
16. Requisite - Required or necessary for particular purpose position. 
17. Mollify - To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
18. Sartorial - Of or pertaining to tailors or their trade.
19. Presentiment - A feeling or permission that something is about to happen, especially something evil.
20. Impromptu - Made or done without previous preparation.
21. Forbearance - The act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
22. Remit - To transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.

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