Vocabulary

Vocabulary Spring List 5

brouhaha: A noisy and overexcited critical response, display of interest, or trail of publicity.
 

cloy: Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment: "a romantic, rather cloying story".
 

 demeanor: Outward behavior or bearing: "a quiet, somber demeanor".
 

 

  deference: Humble submission and respect.
 

 

enigmatic: Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.
 

 

definitive: (of a conclusion or agreement) Done or reached 

 

decisively and with authority: "a definitive diagnosis".
 

bumptious: Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree.
 

choleric: Bad-tempered or irritable. bulwark
 

curtail: Reduce in extent or quantity; restrict. adamant
 

profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
 

mawkish: Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: "a mawkish poem". thwart
 

 onus: Used to refer to something that is one's duty or 

 

responsibility: "the onus is on you to show that you have suffered".
 

 requisite: Made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.
 

mollify: Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone). sartorial
 presentiment: An intuitive feeling about the future, esp. one of foreboding.
 

 impromptu: Done without being planned, organized, or 

 

rehearsed: "an impromptu press conference".
 

 forbearance: Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance. 

 

 

remit: Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).

 

 

 

 

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