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Word list Chapters 15-16

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  1. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  2. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
  3. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  4. vilify
    spread negative information about
  5. condescension
    showing arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
  6. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  7. mirth
    great merriment
  8. Litany
    a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
  9. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together
  10. volitional
    with deliberate intention
  11. whirring
    sound of something in rapid motion
  12. gluttonous
    given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
  13. dipsomaniac
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  14. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  15. hypodermic
    a piston syringe that is fitted with a needle for injections
  16. cormorant
    large, dark-colored, long-necked seabird
  17. padrone
    an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
  18. debauched
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  19. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  20. coincide
    happen simultaneously
Created on 十月 28, 2012

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