Wednesday, February 20, 2013

VOCABULARY: Spring List 5


brouhaha- an over excited response to something.

 cloy- to disgust or sicken someone by being so nice.

 demeanor- outward behavior.

 deference- humble submission and respect.

 enigmatic- difficult to interpret or understand. 

 definitive- done or reached decisively.

 bumptious- self assertive or proud to an irritating degree.

 choleric- bad tempered or irritated.

 bulwark- a defensive wall.

 curtail- impose restriction on.

 adamant- refusing to be persuaded.

 profligate- recklessly extravagant or  wasteful in use of resources.

 mawkish- sentimental in a feeble or sickly way.

 thwart- prevent someone from accomplishing something.

 onus- someone's duty or responsibility.

 requisite- mass necessary by certain circumstances.

 mollify- to appease the anger of someone.

 sartorial- relating to tailoring, clothes or style of dress. 

 presentiment- an intuitive feeling about the future.

 impromptu- done without being planned.

 forbearance- self restraint

 remit- to cancel

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