Building a Better Vocabulary

rough”), the result is a word that describes your feelings when

you’ve been treated with complete and total harshness: annoyed

and frustrated.

Importune (verb)

To harass with repeated requests; to demand of someone insistently.

Phlegmatic (adjective)

Showing little emotion; not easily excited to action.

z Phlegmatic means “unemotional,” which can be both a positive and

a negative attribute. In the same vein, phlegmatic can have both

positive and negative connotations.

ż In a positive sense, phlegmatic can mean “self-possessed,

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