Vocab 12/17/10

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Shrewd

clever or sharp in practical affairs; astute
Tangential
- touching upon but generally unrelated;
- only superficially related to the matter at hand; peripheral; not essentially
- relevant
Diatribe

a bitter, abusive denunciation
Assuage
- to lessen (pain, distress); to calm (anger,
- fear); to satisfy or slake (thirst)
Gentility
- politeness; the quality of being
- well-bred; having proper decorum
Misogyny

hatred of women
Avarice

greed for money; excessive love of riches
Disingenuous

insincere; not candid or frank
Rapt

carried away with emotion; completely engrossed
Querulous
- quarrelsome; inclined to find fault;
- peevish
Pithy

terse and full of meaning
Fodder
- : (noun) coarse food for cattle or horses;
- idiomatically, bulk and common material
Concomitant

accompanying; attendant
Nubile
- : (adj.) sexually attractive; marriageable (said of a
- female)
Putative
- generally considered or deemed to be;
- reputed
Discrete

separate and distinct
Parity

equality in power or value
Rebuke

to scold in a sharp way; to reprimand
Prate

to talk idly or foolishly at great length
Palpable

capable of being touched; obvious; tangible