English Vocab 2

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Scrupulous

Back 1

minutely careful, precise, or exact

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Blase

Back 2

indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

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Heedless

Back 3

indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

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Sententiously

Back 4

preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic

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Regal

Back 5

of or pertaining to a king; royal

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Indoctrinated

Back 6

to teach

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burnished

Back 7

made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

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matron

Back 8

1. a married woman, esp. one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
2. a woman who has charge of the domestic affairs of a hospital, prison, or other institution

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imperious

Back 9

urgent; imperative

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attenuated

Back 10

to weaken or diminish in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value

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nomial

Back 11

containing, bearing, or giving a name or names

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chatelaine

Back 12

mistress of an elegant or fashionable household.

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languorous

Back 13

Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness

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contralto

Back 14

the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.

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rakish

Back 15

smart; jaunty; dashing

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grandeur

Back 16

the quality or state of being impressive or awesome

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nostalgia

Back 17

A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past

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normative

Back 18

attempting to establish such a norm, esp. by the prescription of rules

relating to, or prescribing a norm or standard

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didactive

Back 19

inclined to teach or lecture others too much

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adumbrated

Back 20

To give a sketchy outline of.
To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
To disclose partially or guardedly.
To overshadow; shadow or obscure.