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Affectation | noun | [à fek táysh'n] | Behaviour intended to impress | Her affectation for the poor was very doubtful. |
Agog | adjective | [ə góg] | excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation | She felt agog by the situation. |
Aquiline |
| [ákwi ln] | Thin and curved | Her aquiline nose suits her. |
Archetype | Noun | [rki tp] | An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned | Dracula is an archetype of horror movies. |
Automaton | Noun | [aw tómmətən] | an individual who acts mechanically | She dances like an automaton. |
Beguile | T-verb | [bi gl] | Charm, cheat or deceive somebody | The dancers beguile admiration of the theater’s audience. |
Blandish | Verb | [blándish] | Flatter, praise somewhat/someone with dishonesty | She blandishes her friend that she is beautiful. |
Bovine | Adjective | [bṓ vn, bṓ vn] | Oxlike; slow; patient; dull | Her bovine classmate was late in the submission of project |
Bowdlerize | Verb | [bṓdlə rz ] | Remove parts of literary work | I had to bowdlerize your paper since it contained thoughts of Beng |
Cacophony | Noun | [kə kóffənee] | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance. | I heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam. |
Caveat | Noun | [kávvee àt] | A warning or caution, a qualification or explanation | The teacher gave her a caveat about her bad behavior. |
Charlatan | Noun | [shrlət'n] | Impostor | I would never get along with taciturn people like them. |
Circumspect | Adjective | [súrkəm spèkt] | Taking into consideration all possible circumstances and consequences before acting | you need to be very circumspect about your decisions. |
Concurrent | adjective | [kən kúr ənt] | Happening together | the ondoy tragedy and her birthday celebration happened concurrently |
confluence | Noun | [kón floo ənss] | Coming or flowing together, meeting or gathering at one point; Place of meeting 2 streams. | We had an awkward confluence during the start of our relationship |
Curio | Noun | [kyree ] | Any unusual or rate article | The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for curios. |
Disenfranchise | Verb | [dìssən frán chz] | To disfranchise | She would like to disenfranchise her water store. |
Filibuster | Noun | [fílli bùstər] | the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly | He used a filibuster to block the new bill. |
Fraternize | Verb | [fráttər nz] | Spend time with people | I wish I could fraternize with my college friends when I visit the country |
Glib | Adjective | [glib] | Smooth, slippery; speaking or spoken in a smooth manner, easily fluent, careless insincere | The salesman was so glib that the customers failed to notice the defects in the stereo |
Gumption | Noun | [gúmpshən] | initiative or aggressiveness | Mylene is described as too gumptive. |
Hegemony | Noun | [hə jémmənee, héjjə mnee] | Leadership or domination, especially of one nation over others. | I’m sure most world leaders dream of supreme hegemony. |
Lecherous | Adjective | [léchərəss] | given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity | That old man has a lecherous gleam in his eye. |
Lugubrious | Adjective | [loo gbree əss, lə gbree əss] | Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree | Your lugubrious way of thinking doesn't do anything good to you at all, so stop it. |
Luminary | Noun | [lmə nèrree] | Famous person | Hollywood stars are luminary for they are known by many people. |
Mercurial | Adjective | [mər kyree əl] | Changeable, volatile, flighty, erratic | Stay away from the dangerous mercurial substance |
Meridian | Noun | [mə ríddee ən] | A great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and zenith of a given place | The earth’s meridian passes through the North and South Poles. |
Nitpicking | Verb | [nít pìking] | overly criticizing | The girls' nitpicking was uncalled for. |
Nonentity | Noun | [non éntətee] | Insignificant person | They think janitors are nonentity but they don’t see their importance. |
Panacea | Noun | [pànnə s ə] | A remedy for all ill or difficulties; an answer or solution for all problems | His economic philosophy is a good one but he tries to use it as a panacea |
Pantheon | Noun | [pánthee ən, pánthee òn] | A temple dedicated to all deities | She made an offering at the Pantheon of her love |
Placebo | Noun | [plə sbō] | Inert substance tending to soothe | These patients were compared with ten patients who had received the placebo |
Pecuniary | Adjective | [pi kynee èrree] | Relating to or involving money | He had to pay a pecuniary because he broke the law. |
Peevish | Adjective | [pvish] | discontented | he lost his friends when he became peevish with his role in the play. |
Precipitous | Adjective | [prə síppitəss] | Extremely steep | Our team climbed a precipitous mountain trail. |
Predilection | Noun | [prèdd'l ékshən]
| A tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference | My predilection for Italian food was matched only by my fondness for barbecue. |
Sanguine | Adjective | [sáng gwin] | Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident | She showed a sanguine disposition, even during the hardest of times |
Slacker | Noun | [slákər] | Somebody who avoids doing something, especially work or military service | One of her friends at work is a slacker |
Taciturn | Adjective | [tássi tùrn] | Silent by nature | I was in a taciturn mood last night due to the bad day that I had. |
Travesty | Noun | [trávvəstee] | To imitate grotesquely or absurdly | Don’t travesty of Joe’s actions left Joe irritated |
Unhinge | Verb | [un hínj] | distraught, unsettled | He became unhinged when he heard the sad news about his family. |
Unctuous | Adjective | [úngkchoo əss] | Attempting to charm or convince somebody in an unpleasantly suave, smug or smooth way | The used-car salesman had an unctuous manner. |
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