Sunday, May 16, 2010

Vocabulary Words # 3

Subtle – Slight, pleasantly understated

Vehement – Expressed with or showing conviction or intense feeling, done forcefully

Adverse – unfavorable or undesired results

Blatant – offensively conspicuous (attracting attention) or noisy

Alleged -
asserted but not yet proven to have taken place, have been committed, or be as described

Aggravate – to annoy or make worse

Discreet – tactful, good at keeping secrets

Factoid - something that may not be true but is widely accepted as true because it is repeatedly quoted

* The factoid that dogs are colorblind

Flout - to show contempt for a law or convention by openly disobeying or defying it

Forte - something that somebody is particularly good at, to be played or sung loudly

Disinterested - free from bias or self-interest

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