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Pompous

Pompous

(Adj) Speaking and behaving in a very serious manner due to a belief of self-superiority. = 거만한

Strenuous

(adj) 1. Vigorously Active 2. Requiring or showing great energy and effort

Vexing

(adj) extremely annoying or displeasing

orthodox

(adj) accepted as true or correct by most people

Usurp

(v) to take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force

requisite

(adj) necessary for a particular purpose

requisition

(n) a demand for goods, usually made by an authority

accede

(v) to agree

annuity

(n) an annual allowance or income; the annual interest payment on an investment; any regular allowance or income

renounce

(v) to formally give up

deliberate

(adj) on purpose

consonant

(adj) harmonious; in agreement

exempt

(adj) planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted

premediated

(adj) planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted

consummate

(adj) complete, perfect

pummel

(v) to pound or punch with the fists

sketch

(n) preliminary or rough drawing, description

stigmatize

(v) to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon

duress

(n) intimidation or coercion to force someone to perform an act

proximate

(adj) nearest space or time

torrid

(adj) giving off intense heat, passionate

defame

(v) to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of

neologism

(n) a new word or phrase; a new usage of word

self-defeating

(adj) acting to result in own failure or demise

homogeneous

(adj) of the same or similar kind

polemic

(n) a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

embargo

(n) a government order suspending foreign trade

premise

(n) a claim or idea assumed to be true; the basis for an argument; the synopsis of a work of literature, cinema, or TV

presumption

(n) an assumption, at times premature, unwarranted, or rude

presumptuous

(adj) disrespectfully bold; cross the line

subversive

(adj) corrupting; overthrowing; undermining; insurgent

oblivion

(n) the state of being unconscious or unaware; the state of not knowing what is going on around you

waning

(adj) gradually decreasing

saccharine

(adj) sickeningly sweet)

absolution

(n) forgiveness

preside

(v) to be in charge of something (ex. trial)

harrowing (old eng)

(adj) causing intense distress

abjure

(v) to renounce

hasty

(adj) excessively quick, potentially careless

predilection

(n) a natural preference for something

zenith

(n) the highest point, culminating point

livid

(adj) discolored; black and blue; enraged, bruise

avert

(v) to turn (your eyes, gaze, etc) away or aside

circumvent

(v) to bypass, avoid

vitiate

(v) to make impure; to pollute

innuendo

(n) an insinuation

mirage

(n) something illusory and unattainable

truncate

(v) to shorten by cutting off a part

lineage

(n) the people who were in someone’s family in past times

fastidious (old eng)

(adj) very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

taciturn

(adj) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

coerce

(v) to cause to do through presssure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

impresario

(n) a person who manages public entertainments (esp, operas, but other events as well)

rue (old eng)

(v) to bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen)

elegy

(n) a poem of reflection, typically a lament for the dead

paltry

(adj) insignificant, worthless

effulgent

(adj) radiant, splendorous

malaise

(n) a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease

winsome (old-eng)

(adj) attractive or appealing in appearance or character.

content

(v) to argue against; to claim

comport (old-eng)

(v) to conduct oneself; behave.

tantalizing

(adj) having something that arouses desire or interest

mordant

(adj) expressing harsh criticism especially in a way that is funny

perturb

(v) to cause (someone) to be worried or upset

vex (old-eng)

(v) to annoy

paramount

(adj) more important than anything else; supreme

presentiment

(n)the feeling that something (especially something bad) is about to happen

Desolate

(adj)deserted, bleak, empty

eclectic

(adj) diverse, varied

diminution

(n) the act of process of diminishing; reduction

diminutive

(adj) small, tiny

attune

(v) to make aware or responsive

benevolent

(adj) kind, generous

solicitude (old eng)

(n) care or concern for someone or something

deprive

(v) to take away; to keep from

bewilder

(v) to confuse (someone) very much

status quo

(n) the state or situation at the given time (without a change)

predicate

(adj) marked by anxious uneasiness

abstemious (old-eng)

not self indulgent, especially when eating and drinking.

chide

(v) to voice disapproval