Day 20
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abrogate
abolish
AB-roh-gayt
to abolish by authority
aggravate
make worse
AG-ruh-veyt
make worse; irritate
beneficent
generous
buh-NEF-uh-suhnt
showing kindness ; generous
breach
rupture
breech
opening, rupture
chisel
shaping tool
CHIZ-uhl
steel tool for shaping materials
condescension
patronizing behavior
kon-duh-SEN-shuhn
patronizingly superior behavior or attitude.
condone
overlook
kuhn-DOHN
to overlook or forgive; tacitly support
denigrate
belittle
DEN-i-grayt
to belittle; to defame; to blacken
discern
to perceive by sight
dihs-UHRN
to perceive by sight; distinguish
disconcerting
bewildering
dihs-kuhn-SUR-ting
bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
discretion
cautious reserve
dis-KRE-shun
the freedom or power to take a decision ; cautious reserve in speech
dulcet
melodious
DUL-sut
melodious, harmonious
epistolary
pertaining to letters
ih-PIS-tl-er-ee
concerned with letters or the writing of letters; through correspondence
evocative
tending to remind
ih-VOK-uh-tiv
tending to remind a strong image or feeling
exacerbate
make worse
ihg-ZAAS-uhr-bayt
to make worse
expurgate
to censor
EHK-spuhr-gayt
to remove obscenity; censor
fastidious
meticulous
faa-STIHD-ee-uhs
careful with details; hard to please
felicitous
apropos
fi-LI-suh-tus
well chosen; apropos
fidget
make nervous
FIJ-it
move restlessly; make nervous
finical
fussy
FIN-i-kuhl
too fussy about food clothing etc.
indomitable
not easily subdued
in-DOM-i-tuh-buhl
not easily discouraged or subdued
ineptitude
incompetence
in-EP-ti-tood
quality of being unskillful
innocuous
harmless
ih-NAHK-yoo-uhs
causing no harm
insinuate
to suggest
in-SIN-yoo-eyt
to suggest indirectly
inure
accustom
ih-NYOOR
to accustom to pain or hardship
latent
hidden
LAY-tnt
present but not visible
mendacious
dishonest
mehn-DAY-shuhs
dishonest and untruthful
misrepresentation
falsehood
mis-rep-ri-zent-uhtun
the act or an instance of representing something incorrectly; falsehood
peregrinate
to travel
PEH-ruh-gruh-nayt
to travel, especially on foot
prosody
versification
PROS-uh-dee
study of versification
relegate
lower position
RE-luh-gayt
to assign to lower position
restive
uneasy
REH-stihv
uneasy or impatient
saturate
soak
SACH-uh-reyt
to make something completely wet; soak; fill to capacity
seismic
earthshaking
SAHYZ-mik
connected with earthquakes
sensual
physical
SEN-shoo-uhl
connected with physical senses, especially sexual pleasure
sensuous
pleasurable to the senses
SEN-shoo-uhl
pleasurable to the senses
strident
harsh sounding
STRAHYD-nt
making or having a harsh sound
superlative
outstanding
suh-PUR-luh-tiv
of outstanding quality, degree, etc; supreme
truncate
crop
TRUHNK-ayt
to cut off, shorten by cutting
unprecedented
exceptional
uhn-PRES-i-den-tid
never having happened or experienced before; unparalleled
untenable
indefensible
un-TEN-uh-bul
indefensible; not viable
vendetta
feud
ven-DET-uh
any prolonged, bitter feud
vitiate
lower the quality
VI-shee-ayt
to lower the quality of; make ineffective
whittle
reduce
HWIT-l
carve with knife; reduce step by step
zealot
fanatic
ZEH-luht
an extremely zealous person; fanatic