Day 74
15 words to learn
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ambiguity
uncertainty
am-big-YOO-uh-tee
uncertainty in meaning
ameliorate
to improve
uh-MEEL-yuhr-ayt
improve; make better
broach
bring up
brohch
begin to talk about ; bring up
credence
claim to belief
KREED-ns
the quality of an idea that makes us believe it is true
garble
distort
GAHR-buhl
to make misleading selections from facts; confuse
ingrate
ungrateful person
IHN-grayt
ungrateful person
jingoistic
loyal
JING-goh-iz-tuhk
extremely patriotic; nationalistic
munificent
generous
myoo-NIHF-ih-suhnt
generous; charitable
omnipotent
unlimited power
om-NIP-uh-tuhnt
having great or unlimited power; all-powerful
pallid
lacking color
PAA-lihd
deficient in color or liveliness
poseur
pretender
poh-ZUR
person who attempts to impress others by affecting a manner, degree etc.
propensity
inclination
pruh-PEN-suh-tee
a natural inclination
solace
comfort
SOL-is
comfort for grief
splenetic
bad-tempered
spli-NET-ik
bad-tempered, irritable
vociferous
noisy
voh-SIF-er-uhs
noisy; loud in speech