Acquiesce verb To agree to To give in to Bombast noun Arrogant pompous language Curtail verb To cut short Epicure noun Someone who appreciates good food and drink Heed verb To listen to ID: 227222
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Acquiesce - verb
To agree to
To give in toSlide3
Bombast - noun
Arrogant, pompous languageSlide4
Curtail - verb
To cut shortSlide5
Epicure - noun
Someone who appreciates good food and drinkSlide6
Heed - verb
To listen toSlide7
Lampoon - verb
To ridicule or spoofSlide8
Oblivious - adjective
Totally unawareSlide9
Podium - noun
A raised platformSlide10
Resonate - verb
To echoSlide11
Tenuous - adjective
Flimsy; not solidSlide12
List 2Slide13
Bellicose - adjective
War-like; aggressiveSlide14
Consummate - adjective
complete; total; supremely good Slide15
Elusive - adjective
Hard to pin downSlide16
Gregarious - adjective
Sociable; extroverted; outgoingSlide17
Jaundiced - adjective
Sickly; yellow in
appearance
Cynical; pessimisticSlide18
Nettle - verb
To annoySlide19
Phenomenon - noun
an event or happening (plural: phenomena) Slide20
Recuperate - verb
To get better from something, especially an illnessSlide21
Superlative - adjective
Extremely good; the bestSlide22
Whet - verb
To sharpenSlide23
List 3Slide24
Clemency- noun
mercySlide25
Flout- verb
defy; reject Slide26
Mendacious -adjective
given to lyingSlide27
Sophomoric-adjective
juvenile; immatureSlide28
Venal- adjective
corrupt; can be bribed Slide29
Cliché - noun
overused expression; something unoriginal Slide30
Disparage -verb
criticize; belittle Slide31
Flustered-verb
worked-up; not calmSlide32
Protégé- noun
person under protection of, or guided by anotherSlide33
Articulate- adjective
clear
; lucid; eloquentSlide34
List 4Slide35
Ingrate- noun
ungrateful person Slide36
Mercenary- adjective
concerned only with moneySlide37
Soporific- adjective
inducing sleepSlide38
Veneer- noun
surface coatingSlide39
Clientele -noun
customersSlide40
Disparity-noun
an inequalitySlide41
Inimical- adjective
hostileSlide42
Protocol
procedure
; code of behaviorSlide43
Sparse-adjective
spare; bare; meagerSlide44
Venerate-verb
revere;
worshipSlide45
List 5Slide46
Coalesce- verb
come together; mergeSlide47
Artifice- noun
deception; trickerySlide48
Dispassionate- adjective
neutral; objectiveSlide49
Innate- adjective
inherited; inbornSlide50
Merge- verb
come
togetherSlide51
Pedestrian- noun
common; mundane; banalSlide52
Provincial
-
adjective
unsophisticated; narrow-mindedSlide53
Specious- adjective
falseSlide54
Venial- adjective
minor;
unimportantSlide55
Cerebral-Adjective
intellectualSlide56
List 6Slide57
Diffident- Adjective
Lacking
confindenceSlide58
Inconspicuous-Adjective
not easily seen; subtle; not noticeableSlide59
Malefactor-Noun
A wrong-doerSlide60
Paradigm-Noun
1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at thingsSlide61
Pristine-Adjective
Unspoiled Slide62
Unprecedented-Adjective
never having happened beforeSlide63
Anomaly-Noun
something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularitySlide64
Certitude-Noun
Certainty Slide65
Digress-Verb
wander off the subjectSlide66
Falter-Verb
hesitate; waverSlide67
List 7Slide68
Indelible-Adjective
cannot be wiped outSlide69
Malinger-Verb
deliberately
avoid work; shirkSlide70
Paradox-Noun
apparently contradictory statementSlide71
Proclivity-Noun
tendency towardsSlide72
Seminary-Noun
an institution in which priests are trainedSlide73
Annex-Verb
take possession of; seize; captureSlide74
Forensic- adjective
concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)Slide75
Pedant- noun
person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learningSlide76
Mercurial- adjective
volatile; changeableSlide77
Archives - noun
collections of old records; place of storage of old documents