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This page will have information and vocabulary to study    1. edifice –building    2. cogitate – to think over carefully, to ponder    3. sagacious – wise    4. scaffold – raised platform on which criminals are executed    5. pillory – device for head and hands; stocks    6. ignominious – degrading, disgraceful    7. demeanor – behavior, manner    8. ensue – to follow    9. physiognomy – facial features to show character or state of mind    10. mien – a person’s bearing or appearance     11. pessimism – gloominess, belief the bad guy will win    12. reprove - to scold, find fault with    13. jocular – joking ,good-natured    14. profligate – extremely wasteful    15. fracas – uproar, brawl <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   16. contentious – quarrelsome <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   17. corroborate – to confirm, to substantiate <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   18. miserly – hoarding money, penny-pinching <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   19. fervent – impassioned, intense, ardent, earnest <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   20. embellish – to add details <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   21. precarious – dangerous, unstable <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   22. pious – deeply religious <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   23. candid – honest, frank, outspoken <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   24. provincial – narrow-minded <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   25. refute – to disprove, deny <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   26. servile – overly submissive; like a servant <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   27. discord – disagreement, strife <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   28. obscure – unclear, clouded <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   29. innovate – to be creative, introduce something new <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   30. garb – clothing <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   31. pragmatic – practical <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   32. enigma – puzzle, mystery <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   33. virulent – very harmful, dangerous <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   34. connoisseur – expert in field of art, wine; enough to act as a judge <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   35. clandestine – secret <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   36. verbose – wordy <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   37. raze – to destroy <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   38. piece de resistance – main item in a collection <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   39. sinuous – winding, twisting <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   40. implacable – relentless, unforgiving. Unappeasable <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   41. predilection – a preconceived liking, preference <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   42. culpability – liability to blame <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   43. acrimony – harshness, sharpness ( especially in words) <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   44. inadvertent – accidental, unintentional <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   45. mitigate – to make milder or less severe <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   46. lethargic – tired, weak <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   47. stoic – indifferent to pleasure and pain, brave <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   48. cryptic – mysterious, puzzling <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">   49. laud – to praise <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  50. <span style="color: #f3c3c3; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  respite – a rest, a pause, a break