Week 14 Vocabulary

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Deposition

(noun) the removal of someone from office; sworn testimony

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Discursive

(adjective) tending to digress from the main point; rambling

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Disdain

(noun) a feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn

(verb) to treat with haughty contempt

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Epigram

(noun) a concise, clever, often paradoxical statement

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Feign

(verb) to represent falsely; pretend to

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Laconic

(adjective) using a few words as possible; pithy and concise

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Mien

(noun) demeanor; facial expression or attitude; intended appearance

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Veracity

(noun) accuracy or precision; truthfulness

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Wry

(adjective) dryly humorous, often with a touch of inory; twisted

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Confound

(verb) to cause to become confused or perplexed