VOCABULARY POWER PLUS BOOK 3 LESSON 5

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imprecation

a curse

quandary

a puzzling situation; a dilemma

elegy

a sad or mournful poem

fop

an excessively fashion-conscious man

panegyric

an expression of praise

sanguine

cheerful; optimistic

rakish

dashingly stylish and confident

ebullient

enthusiastic

nebulous

hazy; vague; uncertain

carnal

relating to physical appetite, especially sexual

deference

respect; consideration

non sequitur

something that does not logically follow

pedantic

tending to show off one's learning

bowdlerize

to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.

impair

to weaken; to cause to become worse


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