Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Rob - Vocabulary 5 & 6

Intransigent (adj) page 69 - refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible

Roiling (v) page 69 - to render turbid by stirring up sediment; to move or proceed turbulently

Colonnading (could not find definition so definition of Colonnade was used) (adj) page 69 - a series of columns set at rectangular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof

Bravado (n) page 70 - blustering swaggering conduct or the quality or state of being foolhardy

Epochs (n) page 71 - and extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events

Lark (n) page 72 - a source of or quest for amusement or adventure

SCBA mask page 72 - Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, used to provide clean air in a dangerous atmosphere

Amorphous (adj) page 73 - having no definite form, shapeless

Incipient (adj) page 73 - beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Claptrap (n) page 74 - pretentious nonsense: trash

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