Day 31
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abscond
depart secretly
aab-SKAHND
to depart in a sudden and secret manner
anguish
severe suffering
ANG-gwish
acute pain or suffering
appease
pacify
uh-PEEZ
to bring to a state of peace or calm; pacify
banter
playful remarks
BAN-ter
friendly and teasing remarks
circumlocution
roundabout
suhr-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn
roundabout, lengthy way of saying something
connotation
implication
kon-uh-TEY-shuhn
implication, association
deluge
great flood
DEL-yooj
a great flood of water
dismiss
reject
dis-MIS
to reject ; wave aside
diurnal
active in daytime
die-UHR-nuhl
occurring during the day
endow
give gift
en-DOU
give gift; provide with money etc.
ethnocentric
pertaining to superiority
eth-noh-SEN-trik
based on the beliefs of superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture
fabricated
made up
FAB-ri-keytd
made up; false; manufactured
fatuous
foolish
FAH-choo-uhs
foolishly self-satisfied
ferment
to agitate
FUR-ment
to excite; break into simpler substances; excitement
garner
gather
GAHR-nuhr
to gather and save; collect
glib
lacking in depth
glihb
lacking in depth ; insincere
heresy
unorthodox opinion
HER-uh-see
belief contrary to what is generally accepted
implicate
incriminate
IM-pli-keyt
to show that somebody is involved in something bad
ineffable
inexpressible
in-EF-uh-buhl
incapable of being expressed in words
juggernaut
powerful force
JUHG-er-nawt
a huge and powerful force that cannot be controlled
martinet
disciplinarian
mahr-tihn-EHT
a rigid disciplinarian
obtain
prevail
ub-TAYN
to be established, accepted or customary; prevail
patron
regular customer
PEY-truhn
a person who gives money and support to artists and writers; regular customer
perpetuity
eternity
pur-pi-TOO-i-tee
eternity; the state or quality of being perpetual
perturb
disturb greatly
per-TURB
to disturb greatly
profuse
abundant
proh-FYOOS
given forth abundantly; extravagant
pugnacious
quarrelsome
pug-NAY-shus
quarrelsome, contentious
querulous
complaining
KWEHR-yoo-luhs
prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome
rarefy
make less dense
RAYR-uh-fie
to make or become thin; less dense; refine
recalcitrant
defiant of authority
ri-KAL-suh-trunt
unwilling to obey rules; difficult to control
runic
mysterious
ROO-nik
mysterious; magical
savant
learned
sa-VAHNT
person of extensive learning
scale
climb
skeyl
to climb
sentinel
guard
SEN-tn-l
guard; sentry
slate
dark bluish-gray
sleyt
a dull dark bluish-gray; a fine-grained rock; criticize harshly; set down for nomination
solecism
grammatical mistake
SAH-lih-sishz-uhm
grammatical mistake; error
speckled
spotted
SPEK-uhld
marked with small spots of contrasting colors
static
not moving
STAT-ik
not moving; at rest
stentorian
extremely loud
stehn-TOHR-ee-yehn
extremely loud
suffocate
strangle
SUHF-uh-keyt
cause or have difficulty in breathing; to kill by preventing excess of air to the blood
symbiosis
mutual helpfulness
sihm-bee-OH-sihs
mutual helpfulness
tactile
touchable
TAK-til
concerned with the sense of touch; touchable
tawdry
cheap
TAW-dree
cheap, showy
unctuous
greasy
UNGK-choo-uhs
slippery or greasy; affecting an oily charm
volatile
changeable
VAH-luh-tuhl
readily changing to a vapor; changeable