Vocabulary Words #2

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Ostensible

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Adjective:
1
: intended for display : open to view
2
: being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real <the ostensible purpose for the trip>

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fastidious

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Adjective:

: very careful about how you do something

: liking few things : hard to please

: wanting to always be clean, neat, etc.

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Candour/Candor

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Noun

: the quality of being open, sincere, and honest

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Amity

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Noun:

: a feeling of friendship : friendly relations between nations or groups

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Bilious

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Adjective:

: having or causing a sick feeling in the stomach : feeling or causing nausea

: angry or bad-tempered

: very unpleasant to look at

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Palpitation

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Intransitive Verb:

of the heart : to beat quickly and strongly and often in a way that is not regular because of excitement, nervousness, etc.

My heart began to palpitate when I was announced as the winner.
<the man's heart began to palpitate, and he feared another attack was coming on>

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Caprice

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Noun:

: a sudden change; especially : a sudden change in someone's mood or behavior

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Convivial

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Adjective:

: of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in a friendly way with others

<the hiking club attracts a wide range of convivial people who share a love of the outdoors>

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Indubitable

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Adjective:

: certainly true : not able to be doubted

<the indubitable fact that there are no more woolly mammoths or saber-toothed tigers around>

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Voluble

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Adjective:

: talking a lot in an energetic and rapid way

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Expiation

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Noun:

: the act of making atonement
2
: the means by which atonement is made

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Captious

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Adjective
1
: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections <captious critics>
2
: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument <a captious question>

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Levity

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Noun:

: a lack of seriousness

: an amusing quality