Lesson 58
Terms
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- unwitting
- not intentional, without knowledge
- grotto
- cave
- stratum
- a horizontal layer
- celerity
- quickness (usually in accomplishing a task)
- plumage
- feathers of a bird
- forswear
- to renounce and to repudiate
- regimen
- the regular process, procedure, or system of doing something
- cascade
- a steep waterfall or series of waterfalls, a continuous series
- aplomb
- a handling of something with confidence and composure; self-assurance
- automaton
- a creature acting in a mechanical way with no indication of intelligence
- delimits
- fixes or defines the limit or boundary of something
- pathogenic
- disease-producing
- limpid
- clear, transparent
- circuitous
- indirect, roundabout
- ruffianism
- rowdy or tough behavior
- meritorious
- deserving of honor or praise
- dormer
- a gabled extension of an attic room; window in such and extension
- discriminating
- drawing fine distinctions, picky
- rotund
- very plump, round
- progenitor
- related ancestor; forefather
- shepherd
- to guide, to guard, or tend to
- vogue
- popular fashion
- berate
- to engage in intense and long scolding or condemnation
- tensile
- capable of being stretched
- execrable
- extremely bad, deserving of hate