Day 4
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advocate
support a cause
AAD-vuh-kayt
to support a cause
annuity
yearly allowance
uh-noo-i-tee
a specified income payable yearly or at other regular intervals
apprehensive
fearful about future
ap-ri-HEN-siv
fearful about something that might happen in future
appropriate
confiscate
uh-PRO-pree-ayt
to take for one's own use; confiscate
bellicose
warlike
BEL-i-kohs
warlike, belligerent
buttress
support
BUH-tris
to reinforce ; prop up
combustion
process of burning
kuhm-BUHS-chuhn
process of burning
decorum
polite conduct
deh-KOHR-uhm
appropriate behavior or conduct
discordancy
harshness
dis-KAWR-dn-see
cacophony; harshness; jarring
divestiture
deprivation
dih-VES-ti-cher
getting rid of; deprivation
divisive
disruptive
dih-VIE-sihv
creating disunity or conflict
dotard
old person
DOH-terd
a weak-minded or foolish old man
elysian
heavenly
ih-LEE-zhuhn
relating to heaven or to a place of perfect happiness
emetic
causing vomiting
un-MET-ik
something that brings vomit
euphony
harmonious sound
YOO-fuh-nee
harmonious sound
excoriate
censure scathingly
ex-KOR-ee-ayt
to censure scathingly; strip off layers
feasible
doable
FEE-zuh-buhl
possible and practicable; doable
fetter
to shackle
FE-tur
to shackle or confine
flourish
ornamentation
FLUR-ish
details or decorations used in speech or writing
hortatory
encouraging
HAWR-tuh-tawr-ee
encouraging; exhorting
hypocritical
insincere
hip-uh-KRIT-i-kuhl
insincere; pretense of having beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess
jaundiced
cynical
JAWN-dist
affected by envy or hostility; prejudiced
junta
group of people
JUHN-tuh
a group of people ruling over an area or country
libertarian
believer of freedom
lib-er-TAIR-ee-uhn
a believer in freedom of thought, expression, etc
ludicrous
ridiculous
LOO-di-kruhs
ridiculous; silly; absurd
neophyte
beginner
NEE-oh-fiet
beginner
nexus
connection
NEK-sus
a connection or link
personable
attractive
PUR-sun-uh-bul
pleasing in appearance; attractive
philanthropic
humanitarian
fil-un-THRAHP-ik
humanitarian, charitable
pliable
adaptable
PLAHY-uh-buhl
flexible; not stubborn; adaptable
porous
full of pores
PAWR-uhs
full of pores; permeable to liquids
prize
pry
pryz
to pry; force or press with a lever
prodigal
extravagant
PRAH-dih-guhl
wasteful, extravagant
quarry
extraction of stone
KWAWR-ee
an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, marble etc.
rarefied
refined
RAIR-uh-fahyd
belonging to an exclusive group; refined
recondite
obscure
rek-AHN-dyte
difficult to understand; obscure
refine
purify
ri-FAHYN
make or become pure
ruminate
contemplate
ROO-muh-nayt
to contemplate, reflect upon
sallow
jaundiced
SAL-oh
of an unhealthy pale or yellowish color
sinecure
requiring little work
SIEN-ih-kyoor
a position requiring little or no work
sophistry
faulty logic
SAH-fis-tree
plausible but faulty logic
submerge
immerse
suhb-MURJ
to sink below the water surface; immerse
suborn
bribe
suh-BAWRN
induce by bribery to commit a crime
swerve
turn aside
swurv
to turn aside abruptly; change direction suddenly
untoward
not favorable
un-TOW-urd
not favorable; troublesome