Week 7

Need to know: 1) Definition 2) Part of Speech 3) Spelling 4) sentence

Acuity

(noun) - sharpness; acuteness; keenness

Braggart

(noun) - a person who does a lot of bragging

Debunking

(verb) - to expose or excoriate as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated

Epitomized

(verb) - to contain or represent in small compass; serve as a typical example of

Hidebound

(adj) - narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible

Languish

(verb) - to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade

Obsequious

(adj) - characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; fawning; ingratiating

Polemical

(noun) - a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

Restorative

(adj) - serving to restore; pertaining to restoration

Thwart

(verb) - to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose

Adamant

(adj) - utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.

Brawny

(adj) - muscular; strong

Decathlon

(noun) - an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score

Equivocate

(verb) - to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge

Hieroglyphics

(noun) - a form of writing, esp as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds

Larceny

(noun) - the wrongful taking of someone’s property or goods, removing them from their owner’s possession with intent to convert them to the taker’s own use.

Obsession(I have no idea if this is the word)

(noun) - the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.

Ponderous

(adj) - of great weight; heavy; massive

Retention

(noun) - the act of retaining

Timorous

(adj) - full of fear; fearful