LIT Vocab Weeks #9-12

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asset

(n.) something of value; a resource; an advantage

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lethargic

sluggish

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exacerbate

to make worse

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incredulous

not believing

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logorrhea

excessive talkativeness

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verisimilitude

the appearance of being true or real

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reticent

silent; reserved

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plethora

excess; overabundance

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aplomb

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

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bigamist

someone who marries one person while already legally married to another

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levity

an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual

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innumerable

too many to count

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sepulchre

a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried

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abide

to put up with, to tolerate

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parity

equality

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mollify

make soft

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somber

dark and gloomy

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ambivalent

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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mesmerize

to hypnotize

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pseudonym

(n.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer

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putative

supposed; reputed

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prosaic

(adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic

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implacable

unable to be appeased or pacified

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podiatrist

foot doctor

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sneer

a facial expression of contempt or scorn

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