Vocabulary Workshop
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- Diffident
- Shy; Lacking Self-Confidence
- Discrepancy
- A difference; lacking in agreement
- Indomitable
- Unconquerable; refusing to yield
- Infallible
- Free of error
- Plod
- Walk heavily or slowly
- Repose
- Rest; Lie in place
- Temerity
- Rashness; Boldness
- Truculent
- Fierce; Cruel
- Unfeigned
- Sincere; real
- Virulent
- Extremely Poisonous; Full of malice
- Malevolent
- Spiteful
- Omniscient
- All Knowing
- Panacea
- Remedy; A cure-all
- Supercilious
- Proud; Hauty; Showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
- Venial
- Easily Excusable; Pardonable
- Altruistic
- Unselfish
- Clemency
- Honor, Kindness, mercy
- Dearth
- A lack; A scarcity of
- Bereft
- Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
- Augment
- To make larger
- Fortitude
- Courage in facing difficulties
- Adulterate
- To corrupt, make worse
- Dour
- Stern, unyielding, gloomy
- Gibe
- To utter taunting words
- Opulent
- Luxurious; wealthy; ample
- Adroit
- Skillful
- Amicable
- peaceable; friendly
- Belligerent
- Given to fighting; warlike
- Cursory
- Hasty; Not thorough
- Extol
- To praise extravagantly
- Impetus
- Moving force; impulse; stimulus
- Quintessence
- The most typical example of something
- Retrogress
- To move backward; return to an earlier position
- Tepid
- Lukewarm; unenthusiastic
- Artifice
- Skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick
- Craven
- Cowardly
- Culinary
- Of or relating to kitchen
- Fallow
- Plowed but not seeded; inactive
- Inclement
- Stormy; Harsh
- Redress
- Set right; to remedy
- Sojourn
- Temporary stay
- Urbane
- Suave; Refined manner or style
- Bequeth
- To give or pass on as inheritance
- Cogent
- Forceful; Convincing; Relevent