1STQ ENGLISH - SL #1

ABSTEMIOUS

sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet

ACUMEN

the ability to judge well; keen discernment; insight

AUSPICIOUS

favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate

BELIE

to show to be false; contradict

BELLICOSE

inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

warlike; aggressive; ready to fight

BOWDLERIZE

to expurgate/remove (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered

vulgar or objectionable

CHICANERY

trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry

CHURLISH

difficult to work or deal with; rude; miserly

CIRCUMLOCUTION

the use of more words than necessary to express an idea

DECIDUOUS

not permanent; transitory

DELETERIOUS

harmful; injurious

DIFFIDENT

lacking confidence in one’ own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy

ENERVATE

to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken

EQUINOX

the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of

approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21

ECHELON

a level of worthiness, achievement, or reputation

FACETIOUS

not meant to be taken seriously or literally:

lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous:

FATUOUS

foolish or insane, silly especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly

FECKLESS

ineffective; incompetent; futile plumbing. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy

GAUCHE

someone who is socially clumsy or tactless

HEGEMONY

leadership or predominant influence/domination exercised by one nation over others esp. smaller nations