Vocabulary Volume 3

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• a short, amusing or interesting storyabout a real incident or person

• cacophony

• involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult

• anecdote

• a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

• arduous

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• imitate; match or surpass a person or achievement

• emulate

• expose the falseness or exaggerated claims of an idea

• debunk

• detour away from the main subject in speech or writing

• digress

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• sociable; fond of company

• impervious

• not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by

• flourish

• grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way

• gregarious

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• expressed clearly; easy to understand

• lucid

• showing great attention to detail; thorough

• juxtapose

• place close together for contrasting effect

• meticulous

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• carried out with minimal effort or reflection; superficial

• nascent

• no longer produced or used; out of date

• perfunctory

• just coming into existence and beginning to display future potential

• obsolete

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• overly nice or flattering; teacher's pet; suck up

• resilient

• put an end to disorder, typically by use of force

• sycophant

• able to withstand or recover from difficult conditions

• quell

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• wordy; using more words than necessary

• ubiquitous

• lasting only for a short period of time

• transient

• present; found everywhere

• verbose

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• extremely complex and difficult to follow

• belittle

• dismiss someone or something as unimportant

• alleviate

• make (suffering or problems) less severe

• convoluted

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• sociable; fond of company

• gregarious

• criticize; represent as being of little worth

• euphemism

• using gentle or vague language to represent a more harsh or blunt term

• disparage

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• easily influenced; pliable

• immutable

• slow and relaxed

• languid

• unchanging over time; unable to be changed

• malleable