AAI LP5

cosmopolitan

adj. sophisticated, of worldwide scope

cursory

n. hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

ignominy

n. deep disgrace, public shame or dishonor

innuendo

n. an allusive hint, indirect implication usually malicious

notoriety

n. known for some unfavorable act or quality, bad or ill fame

reprehensible

adj, deserving censure or condemnation

scathing

adj.witheringly scornful, harshly critical

spurious

adj. false, counterfeit, forged, illogical

substantiate

v. established by evidence, make firm or solid, support

treatise

n. systematic, extensive, written discourse on a subject

unilateral

adj. one-sided

vindicate

v. clear from blame, exonerate, show or prove to be right