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Ms. Diamond's Vocabulary List 3

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  1. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  2. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  3. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  4. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  5. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  6. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  7. contentment
    happiness with one's situation in life
  8. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  9. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  10. diminutive
    very small
  11. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  12. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  13. stealthy
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  14. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  15. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  16. passe
    out of fashion
  17. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  18. waning
    a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  19. peril
    a state of danger involving risk
  20. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  21. valor
    courage when facing danger
  22. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Created on 十月 23, 2013 (updated 十月 25, 2013)

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