A/B 301-325
WORDS
DEFINITIONS
equanimity
evenness of temper, ESP. as a characteristic state
limber
bending easily; flexible
merge
to blend together
satire
irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack human vice or folly, ESP. in a literary work
convoluted
intricate; complicated
pontificate
to speak pompously and at length
demean
to disrespect; to lower; to degrade; to ridicule
arid
dry and barren; not interesting
station
social position
patrician
a person of refined manners or background; a member of the aristocracy
temper
to bring down in tone; to moderate; to soften
hefty
heavy
libel
a false written statement that damages a person's reputation
aggregate
total
homogeneous
uniform; of the same kind
enumerate
to count off or list
sot
one made foolish by excessive drinking; a drunkard
defray
provide for the payment of
abbreviate
to make shorter
thrall
servitude or bondage
humane
kind; compassionate
contemplate
to look at or think about carefully; to consider as a possibility
formidable
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- Spring '10
- Thomson
- temper hefty libel, enumerate sot defray, convey inscrutable consign, contemplate formidable conform, compulsion debunk turbulence
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