10 H Vocabulary - List 11

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culpable

Back 1

adj - deserving blame

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cursory

Back 2

adj - hasty; superficial; not thorough

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extemporize

Back 3

verb - to speak or perform without preparation

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grandiose

Back 4

adj - 1 derog exaggeratedly impressive or imposing, especially on a ridiculously large scale. 2 splendid; magnificent; impressive

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insipid

Back 5

adj - having little or no interest or liveliness; boring

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interpolate (into)

Back 6

verb - 1 to add (words) to a book or manuscript, especially in order to make the text misleading or corrupt. 2 to alter (a text) in this way. 3 to interrupt a conversation, a person speaking, etc with (a remark or comment)

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melodramatic

Back 7

adj - excessively emotional, sensational

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promulgate

Back 8

verb - 1 to make (a decree, etc) effective by means of an official public announcement. 2 to publicize or promote (an idea, theory, etc) widely

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prosaic

Back 9

adj - 1 unpoetic; unimaginative. 2 dull, ordinary and uninteresting

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prosy

Back 10

adj - said of speech or writing: 1 prose-like. 2 dull and tedious

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retrospect

Back 11

n - a review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past

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revile

Back 12

verb - to abuse or criticize someone or something bitterly or scornfully

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stereotyped

Back 13

adj - said of opinions, etc: fixed, unchangeable; conventionalized, conforming to a stock image or cliche

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subservient (to)

Back 14

adj - ready or eager to submit to the wishes of others, often excessively so

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tryst

Back 15

noun - an arrangement to meet someone, especially a lover

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ubiquitous

Back 16

adj - existing, found or seeming to be found everywhere at the same time; omnipresent