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Vocabulary List V
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05/05/2016

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Term
iota
Definition
a very small quantity or amount.
Term
temerity
Definition
the quality of being unafraid of danger or punishment in a foolish way.
Term
elucidate
Definition

to make understood, to clarifiy, to shed light upon something.

 

(elucidatedelucidatingelucidates)

 

Term
expunge
Definition

to strike or blot something out; erase; obliterate.

 

(-d, -ing, -s)

Term
gait
Definition
a person's individual way of walking.
Term
purloin
Definition

to steal something.

 

(purloined, purloining, purloins)

Term
capacious
Definition

containing or capable of containing a large amount of something.

 

(capacity, capaciousness, capaciously)

Term
trepidation
Definition

a feeling of fear that causes you to hesitate, becuase you think something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.

 

(trepid, trepidly, trepidity, trepidant, intrepid)

Term
irascible
Definition

becoming angry very easily; having bad temper.

 

(irascibility, irascibly, irascibleness

Term
pithy
Definition

using few words in a clever and effective way.

 

(pithier, pithiest)

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