Manhattan Word List IX

Alistaire R. (United States of America)
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  1. nominal
    relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
  2. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
  3. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  4. hedge
    a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
  5. precis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  6. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  7. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  8. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  9. fracas
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  10. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  11. skirt
    a garment hanging from the waist
  12. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  13. pre-empt
    a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
  14. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  15. metaphysical
    pertaining to the philosophical study of being and knowing
  16. juxtapose
    place side by side
  17. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  18. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  19. soporific
    inducing sleep
  20. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  21. normative
    relating to or dealing with typical standards or patterns
  22. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  23. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  24. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  25. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
  26. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  27. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  28. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  29. dispatch
    the act of sending off something
  30. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  31. dismiss
    stop associating with
  32. clamber
    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  33. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  34. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  35. fawn
    a young deer
  36. grovel
    show submission or fear
  37. incarnadine
    redden or make pinkish
  38. alienate
    arouse hostility or indifference in
  39. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  40. echelon
    level of authority in a hierarchy
Created on Thu Jun 18 21:43:50 EDT 2020

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