Building a Better Vocabulary

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3. hornswoggle


4. sophist


5. ersatz


6. specious


7. spurious


8. skulduggery/machinations

Lecture 4

1. noisome


2. JDGÀ\


3. mawkish


4. querulous


5. maudlin


6. treacle


7. Fulsome can mean either “excessively or insincerely lavish” or
   “abundant.” Depending on which meaning is intended, fulsome praise
   could be interpreted negatively or positively.


8. scabrous

Lecture 5

1. bellicose