Vocab April 7

Abstemious:

(adj.) moderate in eating and drinking; temperate
Acerbic:

(adj.) sharp, caustic
Censorious:

(adj.) inclined to find fault; harshly critical
Elegiac:

(adj.) fit for an elegy; sad, mournful
Elucidate:

(verb) to make something clear; to explain; to clarify
Enumerate:

(verb) to count; to name one by one
Epicure:

(noun) one who enjoys and has a discriminating taste for fine food and drink
Frenetic:

(adj.) frantic; frenzied
Heinous:

(adj.) outrageously evil
Inflated:

(adj.) puffed up with pride; increased beyond what is normal
Insidious:

(adj.) sly; treacherous
Intimate:

(verb) to hint or imply
Laconic:

(adj.) terse in expression; concise
Nascent:

(adj.) coming into being; beginning to form or develop
Perspicacious:

(adj.) having keen judgment; discerning
Proscribe:

(verb) to outlaw; to banish; to denounce or forbid the use of
Prosaic:

(adj.) dull; commonplace
Speculative:

(adj.) marked by conjecture or hypothesis
Substantiate:

(verb) to show to be true or real by giving evidence
Sycophant:

(noun) one who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence

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Vocab April 7

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Vocab April 7

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