Fall Final Vocab Set 1

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reverie

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NOUN: 1. a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing 2. a daydream

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cupidity

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ADJ: eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.

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alacrity

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ADJ: 1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness 2. liveliness; briskness.

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feign

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VERB: 1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of 2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse 3. to imitate deceptively

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bourgeois

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ADJ: 1. belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class 2. conventional; middle-class 3. dominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns.

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obfuscate

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VERB: 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy 2. to make obscure or unclear 3. to darken

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cliché

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NOUN: 1. a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse 2. anything that has become trite

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subordinate

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ADJ: 1. placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank 2. of less importance; secondary 3. subject to or under the authority of a superior 4. subservient or inferior.

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obsequious

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1. ADJ   too eager to help or obey someone important

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alacrity

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1. ADJ   1: cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness <We accepted the invitation with alacrity.>

2. 2: liveliness; briskness.