Monday, August 22, 2011

Week 12 Words

1. Anathema (n) – a curse, abomination
2. Diatribe (n) – bitter criticism
3. Expunge (v) – to erase
4. Flamboyant (adj) - colorful
5. Fortuitous (adj) - accidental
6. Fractious (adj) - quarrelsome
7. Ilk (n) – kind, sort
8. Incoherent (adj) - disjointed
9. Inhibition (n) - restraint
10. Integral (adj) - essential
11. Jaunty (adj) – sprightly, lively
12. Nominal (adj) – in name only, slight
13. Ostentatious (adj) - showy
14. Placard (n) – a poster
15. Prestigious (adj) – well-known
16. Remuneration (n) – reward
17. Schism (n) – a split
18. Timorous (adj) - fearful
19. Truncated (adj) – cut short (as in time)
20. Utopia (n) – a place of perfection

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