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english vocab
1st 25 words
25 cards·by smartypants11
obfuscate
to confuse or bewilder
deviate
to turn aside from a course
quandary
a puzzling situation
emendation
a correction
sanguine
cheerful; optimistic
baroque
overly decorated
bauble
showy but useless thing
panegyric
an expression of praise
fortuitous
happening by chance or accident
optimum
best
enervate
to weaken
impediment
a barrier
debacle
a complete failure
imprecaution
a curse
impair
cause to become worse
bona fide
in good faith
factious
causing disagreement
elegy
a sad or mournful poem
effete
worn out
aegis
shield or protection
boor
a rude person
impotent
powerless
bowdlerize
to remove offensive passages
fecund
fertile
rectify
to make right