Fab Vocab 1-25

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One who tells an untruth; liar
Prevaricator
2
Wicked; Vicious
Nefarious
3
Indifference; lack of concern
Insouciance
4
The highly educated and cultured
Intelligentsia
5
To pass through; to spread; to pervade
Permeate
6
Living in groups; liking to be with others
Gregarious
7
Stiffly formal; pompous
Stilted
8
Incapable of being searched into and understood
Inscrutable
9
To arouse; cause; incite
Foment
10
Accidental; happening by chance
Fortuitous
11
Assurance; poise; self-possession
Aplomb
12
Eloquent on a grand scale
Grandiloquent
13
A robot; a mechanical person
Automaton
14
fanciful; whimsical; impulsive; unpredictable
Capricious
15
Being double; hiding one’s true intentions by deceptive words or actions
Duplicity
16
Complacently or inanely foolish
Fatuous
17
Boisterously disorderly; loud; disagreeably harsh or strident
Raucous
18
A large group or collection; a group of animals (especially quail)
Bevy
19
To make a harsh cry or screech
Caterwaul
20
Very satisfactory
Copacetic
21
To persuade by ingenuity or flattery; to entice; to obtain by ingenuity or flattery
Inveigle
22
Small quantity or portion
Modicum
23
Soften; allay someone’s rage
Mollify
24
Unpleasant; harsh; discordant sound
Cacophony
25
A malicious satisfaction in the misfortune of others
Schadenfreude
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