z Mollycoddle means to treat with excessive attention to the point
of spoiling.
z Propitiate means to appease or try to regain the favor of.
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z The hoi polloi are the common people, while patricians are
aristocrats or those of higher social class.
z Insipid means bland and tasteless.
z Callow means inexperienced.
- Word set: supercilious and bumptious. The man who pushes in front of
you in line at the coffee shop can best be described as __.
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guilty of __.
- Word set: stultifying and fomenting. This type of speaker probably
could not incite a rebellion.
- Word set: frisson and paean. The thrill of fear you experience when
reading a scary story at night is a __.
- Word set: detritus and lacuna. The __ left after the party was
shocking to my meticulous roommate.
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