Vocab 12 entry words(130915)

Adroit

Skillful; handy
Ascetic

practicing self-denial for spiritual or other reasons
Benighted

ignorant; uninformed; empty-headed
Brazen

brash; boldy outspoken; harsh-sounding
Heresy

a belief or action contrary to standard religious teachings
Inchoate

just begun; being in the first stage of growth; not fully formed
Inscrutable

perplexing; mysterious; unable to be understood
Irreproachable

blameless; fautless
Jaded

worn-out; exhausted; dulled by overuse or excess
Misanthrope

a hater of humankind
Narcissistic

excessively conceited; in love with oneself or one's own appearance and body
Ostentatious

showy; flashy; overly elaborate or ornate
Perspicacity

sharp insight; acute perceptiveness; shrewdness
Prattle

chatter; empty talk
Rancor

hatred; extreme dislike; intense ill-will
Raze

to demolish, destroy, or knock down
Repartee

clever and quick dialogue; witty verbal exchange
Saturnine

sullen; grave; glum; sulky
Tenet

a commonly accepted principle or belief
Vicarious

taking the place of a real experience; participating through another's experience

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Vocab 12 entry words(130915)

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Vocab 12 entry words

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2011-03-31T00:15:11Z

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