Day 79
15 words to learn
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bestial
brutal
BES-chuhl
behaving like a beast; brutal
cardinal
primary
KAHRD-nul
of basic importance; primary
credulity
gullibility
kruh-DOO-li-tee
willingness to trust too readily
discerning
perceptive
dih-SUR-ning
able to show good judgment about the quality of something
doff
take off
dof
take off (esp. of a clothing)
drawl
speak slowly
drawl
to speak slowly with words running together
maintain
assert
mayn-TAYN
to assert
perpetuate
keep going
per-PECH-oo-eyt
to cause to continue or prevail
prim
formal
prim
formally precise or proper
seminal
formative
SEM-uh-nul
like a seed, constituting a source; originative
stickler
perfectionist
STIK-ler
person who insists on importance of something
thrift
frugality
thrift
economical management
torrid
passionate
TOR-id
passionate, scorching
underscore
emphasize
UHN-der-skawr
emphasize, underline
vex
to irritate
vehks
to irritate or trouble