Vocabulary

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Vocabulary
Words 101-110 By Chora Ascheman
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Austere
Adj.

• Marked simple or unadorned

The austere office had a plain, unoccupied look.
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Vehement
Adj.
The vehement actors made the audience cry with
passion from their performance.

• Marked by strong feeling or passion acting with
  great force

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Strident
Adj.

• Loud and harsh sounding

The trumpet sounded strident against the string
orchestra
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• Intended to attract and impress others

The positive side of the ostentatious magnets
attracted the negative side. This was apparently
very amusing to some people. ?
Adj.
Ostentatious
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derisive
Adj.

• Characterized by derision
• Mocking or Scornful

Alice thought the grin of the Cheshire Cat was
very derisive.
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She has a sanguine personality, she is never
self-conscience or negative.

• Optimistic, confident
• Of red or ruddy color

Sanguine
Adj.
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• Excessively obese

Corpulent
The boys stomach was so corpulent that he even
had trouble riding a bike.
Adj.
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• Pretentious, boastful, and arrogant

Adj.
The pompous politician presented a very long list
of his achievements to constituents.
Pompous
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Facetious
Adj.

• Joking or jesting in in an inappropriate way.

The jesters facetious joke amused some, but
offended others.
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Adj.
Manifest

• Evident or obvious.

N.

• A list of Cargo, passengers

The ships manifest was recorded in case anything
was stolen or lost.
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