Vocab #9

Clandestine

secret or concealed
Carnivorous

flesh-eating
Vicarious

taking the place of another
Euphemism

the substitution of a mild expression for one thought to be blunt
Penury

extreme poverty
Badinage

light playful banter, tease
Affluence

wealth, abundance of money
Anodyne

soothing to the mind, relieving pain
Bromide

trite statement
Persiflage

light, teasing banter
Indigence

poverty, need , want
Eulogy

high praise or commendation
Evanence

vanish, desapear gradually
Opulent

wealthy, rich or affluent
Surreptitiousness

obtained secretly
Omnipresence

present everywhere
Voracity

greediness
Omnipotence

infinite power
Ephemeral

short-lived
Bovine

cowlike

Author

jglenn11

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Vocab #9

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English 102

Updated

2011-03-28T23:13:07Z

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