Day 5
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acclaim
welcome with shouts
uh-KLEYM
to welcome with shouts and approval
belfry
bell tower
BEHL-free
tower in which a bell is hung
benignity
kindness
bih-NIG-ni-tee
kindness; gentleness
blowhard
braggart
BLOH-hahrd
An exceptionally boastful and talkative person; braggart
comeliness
physical beauty
KUHM-lee-nihs
physical grace and beauty
commemorate
serve as a memorial
kuh-MEM-uh-reyt
to serve as a memorial of
demotic
pertaining to people
dih-MOT-ik
pertaining to people
deprave
to corrupt
dih-PREYV
to make morally bad
dissident
person who disagrees
DIS-i-duhnt
a person who strongly disagrees with and criticizes some idea or belief
elicit
draw out
ih-LIS-it
to draw out
emancipate
set free
ih-MAN-suh-peyt
set free
encumbrance
burden
en-KUHM-bruhns
burden
engrossing
absorbing
en-GROH-sing
fully occupying the mind or attention
enumerate
to list
ih-NOO-muhr-ayt
to name things on a list
euphemism
circumlocution
YOO-fum-ih-zuhm
use of an inoffensive or indirect language in place of unpleasant language
frantic
frenzied, insane
FRAN-tik
desperate or wild with excitement; insane
gossamer
delicate
GAH-suh-mur
light and delicate ; fine cobweb
husband
use frugally
HUHZ-buhnd
to manage economically
importune
beg
im-por-TOON
to beg urgently
inchoate
not fully formed
ihn-KOH-uht
not fully formed or developed
indelible
indestructible
in-DEL-uh-buhl
that cannot be rubbed out
inimical
hostile
ih-NIHM-ih-kuhl
hostile, harmful
interminable
unending
in-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl
incapable of being terminated; never-ending
intimate
insinuate
IN-tim-ayt
to suggest or imply
lofty
ambitious
LAWF-tee
ambitious; arrogant; haughty
malefactor
wrong-doer
MAL-uh-fak-ter
a wrong-doer
millinery
hat
MIL-uh-ner-ee
hats and hat-making
minutia
very small detail
mi-NOO-shee-uh
very small detail
misnomer
wrong name
mis-NOH-mer
wrong name or designation
parsimonious
miserly
pahr-si-MOHN-ee-us
miserly
persnickety
fastidious
per-SNIK-i-tee
excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy
phalanx
compact body
FAY-laanks
a compact or closely massed body of person, animal or thing
pious
very religious
PY-us
extremely devout
prudish
excessively modest
PROO-dish
excessively modest; easily shocked
qualified
limited
KWOL-uh-fahyd
restricted in some way
recant
retract
ri-KANT
to retract, especially a previously held opinion or statement; disclaim
refractory
stubborn
ri-FRAK-tuh-ree
difficult to manage; stubborn
sanction
to approve
SAYNK-shun
to give permission; approve
severance
severing
SEV-er-uhns
act of severing; breaking off
spurn
scorn
spurn
to reject with disdain
stringent
strict
STRIN-juhnt
strict or severe
torpid
sluggish
TOR-pid
sluggish, lethargic
transient
temporary
TRAN-zee-unt
temporary, brief
vestigial
undeveloped
ve-STIJ-ee-uhl
not developed
voracious
ravenous
vor-AY-shus
having an insatiable appetite for a pursuit or activity