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English 30-1 Vocabulary. Week 5 (March 13, 2012). Pompous. Characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance Ostentatiously lofty of high-flown. Bluster. To be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud empty menaces or protests To force or accomplish by blustering. Ominous.
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English 30-1 Vocabulary Week 5 (March 13, 2012) Sarah Harries & Kaysha Doherty
Pompous • Characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance • Ostentatiously lofty of high-flown
Bluster • To be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud empty menaces or protests • To force or accomplish by blustering
Ominous • Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious • Having the significance of an omen
Restitution • Reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification • The restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered
Debrief • To interrogate on return from a mission in order to assess the conduct and results of the mission • To question formally and systematically in order to obtain useful intelligence or information
Blunder • A gross, stupid, or careless mistake • To move or act blindly, stupidly, or without direction or steady guidance
Mantra • A word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer
Vanquish • To conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle • To defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over
Cognizant • Having cognizance; aware • Having legal cognizance
Indulgent • Characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive