Vocab 10

Apathy

lack of feeling or emotion
Arbitrary

depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law
Chicanery

deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; trickery
Diligent

characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort
Enigma
- 1: an obscure speech or writing
- 2: something hard to understand or explain
Innocuous
- 1: producing no injury; harmless
- 2: not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility
Morose

having a sullen and gloomy disposition
Penitent

feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Pertinent

having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
Cognizant

knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience
Epiphany
- 1: a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something
- 2: an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
Plausible

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
Facetious
- 1: joking or jesting often inappropriately
- 2: meant to be humorous or funny
Discernible
- 1: to detect with the eyes
- 2: to recognize or identify as separate and distinct
- 3: to come to know or recognize mentally
Lugubrious

mournful; exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

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Vocab 10

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Vocab 10

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2010-03-29T00:14:39Z

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