Home
Flashcards
Preview
Lesson 14
Home
Get App
Take Quiz
Create
impressive but meaningless language
bombast
correct spelling
orthography
a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils
paleontology
to retreat; to draw back
recoil
self-confidence; a showy manner
panache
gloomy; sluggish
saturnine
confined to a particular country or area
endemic
lying; false; deceitful
mendacious
to prevent; to get around
obviate
a sudden outburst; a fit
paroxysm
1.) to increase the range of; to expand
2.) to make appear larger
aggrandize
to lower oneself before an inferior
deign
to show off
flaunt
a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group
shibboleth
to draw forth; to call forth
elicit
Author
jccarrion7
ID
275239
Card Set
Lesson 14
Description
Act vocabulary words
Updated
5/24/2014, 6:31:00 PM
Show Answers
Home
Flashcards
Preview