More Vocabulary For You!
Let’s learn some more vocabulary!
If you have read any previous posts, you might see that we love vocabulary! Please take a look at these new words and learn them. You can boost your vocabulary power!
| brazen | (adj.)excessively bold, clear and obvious.
Example: The evidence was clear and convincing but the politician gave a brazen denial of everything.. |
| brusque | (adj.) short, sudden
Example: The questions were answered with a brusque ‘yes’ or ‘no’. |
| cajole | (v.) to urge, persuade someone to do something.
Example: Rudy didn’t want to go on the bungee jump, but his friends cajoled him. |
| callous | (adj.)unfeeling, unkind
Example: The callous condition of the prison was revealed by the documentary. Prisoners were given only bread and tortured for 3 hours every day. |
| clandestine | (adj.) secret, under cover.
Example: The document found on the train described a clandestine plan to steal the secret formula. |
| coerce | (v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat.
The executive was coerced to pay $10,000 or his mistress would tell his wife everything. |
| decry | (v.) to criticize loudly.
Example: In the campaign to choose a new president, both candidates decried each other’s policies. |
| deferential | (adj.)showing respect for another person or organization.
Everybody was deferential to the Crown Prince because he was so rich. |
| demure | (adj.) quiet, modest, shy.
In this culture, young ladies are taught by their mothers to act demure if they meet a male who is a stranger. |
| erudite | (adj.) expert, having deep knowledge about a range of things.
Example: The contestant was so erudite that he answered every question correctly in the final quiz. |
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