Day 9
45 words to learn
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apartheid
racial discrimination
uh-PAHRT-heyt
brutal racial discrimination
aspersion
defamation
uh-SPER-zhun
critical or unpleasant remarks; false rumors
benevolence
goodwill
buh-NEV-uh-luhns
desire to do good to others; goodwill
compliant
yielding
kuhm-PLAHY-uhnt
too willing to agree with others; submissive
concord
agreement
KON-kawrd
agreement or harmony
cordial
warm and sincere
KAWR-juhl
warm and sincere
decimated
destroy
DES-uh-meyt
kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth)
deface
mar the appearance
dih-FAYS
to damage the appearance of; mutilate
descry
catch sight of
dih-SKRAHY
to catch sight of
diligent
hard-working
DIL-i-juhnt
hard-working; attentive and persistent in doing anything
egotistical
conceited
ee-guh-TIS-ti-kuhl
extremely selfish ; conceited
exemplar
model
ig-ZEM-plar
standard specimen; model
fallacy
mistaken belief
FAL-uh-see
a deceptive, misleading notion; mistaken belief
flag
lose energy
flag
to sag or droop ; decline in strength or interest
fusion
synthesis
FYOO-zhuhn
mixture or union
gush
flow out suddenly
guhsh
to flow out suddenly; talk ardently
hawser
thick rope
HAW-zer
thick rope or cable
incongruous
not in harmony
in-KONG-groo-uhs
not in harmony or agreement; absurd
ineluctable
unavoidable
in-i-LUKT-uh-bul
incapable of being escaped
insuperable
insurmountable
in-SOO-per-uh-buhl
that cannot be conquered
intractable
stubborn
ihn-TRAAK-tuh-buhl
not easily managed
jingoism
belligerent chauvinism
JING-goh-ihz-uhm
belligerent chauvinism
languid
lacking energy
LAANG-gwihd
lacking energy; listless
legerdemain
trickery
lehj-uhr-duh-MAYN
trickery, deception
metaphor
implied comparison
MEHT-uh-fuhr
figure of speech in which two things are compared
obdurate
stubborn
AHB-duhr-uht
unwilling to change one's mind or actions; stubborn
occlude
obstruct
uh-KLOOD
to obstruct or block
odious
hateful
OH-dee-us
hateful, repugnant
parody
humorous imitation
PAR-uh-dee
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
polemic
argument
puh-LEH-mihk
a controversial argument
posterity
future generations
po-STER-i-tee
future or succeeding generations
preen
groom with excessive care
preen
to groom oneself with excessive care; to clean fur or feathers
provincial
unsophisticated
pruh-VIN-shuhl
unsophisticated; narrow-minded
remuneration
payment
ri-myoo-nuh-REY-shuhn
payment for work done
reparation
compensation
rep-uh-REY-shuhn
act of giving something to somebody in order to show that you are sorry for the suffering you have caused; compensation
retinue
entourage
REHT-noo
group of attendants with an important person
secure
obtain
si-KYOOR
to fix firmly; to obtain
seer
prophet
see-er
person who prophesies future events; observer
sententious
pithy
sen-TEN-shuhs
short and pithy; full of maxims
seraphic
angelic
seh-RAH-fihk
angelic; extremely happy
sportive
frolicsome
SPOHR-tihv
frolicsome, jocular, playful
stigmatize
set mark of disgrace
STIG-muh-tahyz
to set some mark of disgrace upon
stupefy
stun into silence
STOO-puh-fy
to stun or amaze; benumb
vacillate
waver
VAA-sihl-ayt
to sway unsteadily; to waver in mind
vacillation
fluctuation
vas-uh-LEY-shuhn
state of in decision; fluctuation