NLN-PAX Vocabulary from Study Guide Latest 2023 callous - made hard explicit - fully and clearly expressed partisan - biased, emotional allegiance limbo - an intermediate, transitional succumbing - to give way to superior force; yield malingering - to pretend illness, to avoid work, etc avarice - insatiable greed for riches admonition - counsel, advice, or caution veneration - the act of treating with profound respect animosity - strong dislike menial - lowly / degrading nominal - not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously cynical - distrusting the motives of others candid - completely honest, straightforward eloquent - fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech continuum - a continuous extent, series, or whole symposium - a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject presumptuous - bold of forward; going beyond that which is proper vacillated - indecisive or irresolute transgressed - go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.) ascetic - self-denying 1 / 2
agitated - to move or force into violent, irregular action; shake incongruous - out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming; dissident - disagreeing adamant - unyielding; persistent nondescript - of no particular type or kind;uninteresting; dull lope - to move or run with bounding steps canter - an easy gallop saunter - to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll falter - to hesitate; to move unsteadily pretentious - done for show, striving to make a big impression; ambitious taciturn - reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation garrulous - excessively talkative in a rambling, especially about trivial matters voluble - glib; talkative culpable - deserving blame mundane - common; ordinary, melancholy - a gloomy state of mind scrupulous - a moral or ethical standard that inhibits certain actions mercenary - working or acting merely for money or other reward disdainful - treat with contempt; despise; scornful laudable - deserving praise (Oh, lawd!) stagnant - stale from standing depraved - corrupt, wicked, or perverted squalid - foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy; miserable
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