Vocab - 7

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Empty compliments; nonsense.
Flummery
A person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude.
Recalcitrant
Softly glowing or radiant.
Lambent
Deviating from what is ordinary, customary, or expected.
Aberrant
Clear and simple in expression or presentation.
Perspicious
Without an equal; peerless.
Nonpareil
Just beginning to develop or exist; emerging.
Incipient
To enthusiastically praise, commend, or express admiration for someone or something.
Extol
A tapered widening of a road at an intersection to increase visibility.
Splay
Not operating on a refined or elevated level; mundane.
Banausic
A secret political clique or faction.
Cabal
Reduce the force, effect, or value of.
Attenuate
Vigorously or incisively.
Trenchantly
Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry).
Allay
Sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
Saccharine
A story or legend that is widely circulated, but unlikely to be true.
Apocryphal
Light-headed, muzzy, confused.
Wifty
Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account).
Expurgate
Relating to the study of history and origin of proper nouns.
Onomastic
A state of stagnation, low mood, or apathy.
Doldrums
Having equal power, force, or apathy.
Equipollent
Extremely and visibly enraged.
Apoplectic
Feeble, insipid, or bland.
Milquetoast
Conspicuously glitzy or sparkly.
Clinquant
Refuse to accept or be associate with.
Repudiate
Approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.
Accost
Courteous and refined in manner (typically used of a man).
Urbane
A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
Aphorism
A person or organisation of relatively small size, power, or influence.
Minnow
To walk around an area, especially for pleasure.
Perambulate
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