Vocabulary

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Fastidious
Attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail almost to the point of obsession.

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TermDefinition
Fastidious
Attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail almost to the point of obsession.
Rejuvenate
Give new energy or vigor.
Linguist
One who specializes in linguistics, the science of language.
Elocution
Skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of being of strong pronunciation and articulation.
Plethora
A large or excessive amount of something.
Tangent
A completely different line of thought or action.
Reciprocate
Respond to something by making a corresponding action.
Sanctimonious
Making a show of being morally superior to other people.
Panacea
A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
Pangaea
The massive supercontinent that existed between 300 million and 200 million years ago that encompassed all of Earth's land masses.
Objectify
Treat or view someone in a way that disregarded their individuality or humanity, damning them to an object.
Brevity
Concise and exact use or words in writing or speech.
Ameliorate
Make something bad or unsatisfactory better.
Arable
Capable of producing crops, suitable for farming.
Vapid
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Vitriol
Cruel and bitter criticism.
Defunct
No longer existing or functioning.
Verbose
Using or expressed in more words that are needed.
Hypocrisy
A pretending to be what one is not or to believe what one does not: behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel.
Exorbitant
Exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount or size.
Claustrophobia
Abnormal dread of being in close or narrow spaces.
Salient
Prominent, especially of notable significance.
Malaise
A vague feeling or debility or lack of health OR that same sense or mental or moral ill-being.
Derogatory
Expressive of a low opinion.
Apothecary
A person who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medical purposes.
Discomfit
To put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment.
Discomfort
To make uneasy or uncomfortable.
Conform
To be obedient or compliant, especially as it relates to similarities to another.
Oblivious
Lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness.
Emanate
To come out from a source.