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Vocab Week 32
October 15, 2009
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| profound | deep, intense |
| alleviate | make easier, lighten |
| prodigious | extraordinary, enormous |
| expedite | carry out promptly |
| celerity | speed, rapidity |
| ivory tower | isolated from life; not in touch with life's problems |
| usurp | seize, annex, grab |
| paltry | petty, worthless |
| condone | excuse, pardon |
| trivial | of little importance, insignificant |
| bizarre | fantastic, odd |
| to feather one's nest | to enrich oneself on the sly or at every opportunity |
| menial | humble, degrading |
| venerable | respected, worshiped |
| extraneous | foreign, not belonging |
| ambiguous | vague, undefined, not specific |
| succinct | brief, concise |
| the writing on the wall | an incident or event that shows what will happen in the future |
| archaic | out of date |
| emulate | rival, strive to equal |
| facetious | comical, humorou, witty |
| rabid | fanatical, furious, mad |
| salubrious | healthful, wholesome |
| on the bandwagon | joining with the majority; going along with the trend |
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