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Word | Definition | Easy way to remember | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
Accolade | an award | ||
Ambiance | mood, feeling | ||
Aptitude | capacity for learning, natural ability | ||
Arduous | hard | ||
Atrophy | to wither away | ||
Caucus | a meeting of members of political party | ||
Chronic | continous | ||
Cower | cringe from fear | ||
Coterie | circle of close friends | ||
Cranny | small opening in a wall | nook and cranny | |
Demonic | mean/evil | ||
Dromedary | one-humped camel | ||
Endure | to put up w/ | ||
Giddy | light-headed sensation | ||
Gossamer | sheer fabric, delicate | ||
Grandiloquent | attempting to impress w/ words | ||
Harangue | to lecture | ||
Harrowing | extremely distressed | ||
Irascible | easily angered | ||
Laconic | brief | ||
Myriad | extremely large # | ||
Noxious | physically/mentally destructive | ||
Proficient | skillful | ||
Queue | wait in line | ||
Reminisce | act of recalling the past |