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Vocab
15
agenda
n
a
formal list of things to do or tasks to accomplish, esp. at the beginning of a
meeting / also a personal preference or bias The president called the meeting
to order and promised us a short one, as there were only two items on the
agenda. / I know he suddenly changed parties and now vows allegiance to the
Democrats, but I can’t help but feel he has a personal agenda which makes it
expedient to change at this time.
blatant
adj
very
obvious, almost shockingly so. I have never seen such a blatant disregard for
the law as when he ran a red light right in front of that policeman and then
made an insulting gesture as he drove by.
concede
v
to
yield or give up, especially as a point in an argument. When I saw that my
opponent had won 89% of the vote, I was forced to concede the election to her.
consensus
n
the
general opinion of the majority of people, general agreement If it is the
consensus of the people that racial segregation is moral, that means only that
the majority of the people are idiots, not that segregation is right.
defunct
adj
no
longer in use, extinct or out of date Where once one could get a good job
manufacturing slide rules or running a linotype machine, the computer age has
made both of those industries defunct.
frugal
adj
tending to save money and to be
thrifty I am not a miser by any means, but by practicing frugal habits and
using things up instead of throwing them away, I have saved a lot of money.
memoir
n
the
recorded memories of events and places, something like a biography, but more
vague and less exact If I were to write an autobiography, I would have to be
precise about all the dates and places, but my memoirs permit me to simply
record the happy and sad memories without regard to accuracy.
obtuse
adj
dull, thickheaded and stupid
(also, in geometry, an angle greater than 90 degrees) Jasper was just about
as obtuse as a chunk of wood; he never could understand that when you lean on a
hot stove it gets uncomfortable right quick.
promulgate
v
to
promote or to spread about, such as information. Though the Surgeon General
has promulgated the evils of smoking since the early 1960s, that doesn’t stop
the idiots among us from taking up the habit.
succinct
adj
brief
and to the point, full of meaning but not words You have praised her for her
brilliant mind and her great intellect and her supreme knowledge, but you could
have been more succinct; just say she’s a genius.