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garrulous
[gar-uh-luhs]
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

imperious
[im-peer-ee-uhs]
domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

abridge
[uh-brij]
to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.

fulminate
[fuhl-muh-neyt]
to issue denunciations or the like

risible
[riz-uh-buhl]
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous

libertine
[lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin]
a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

ubuntu
[oo-boon-too]
humanity or fellow feeling; kindness

synecdoche
[si-nek-duh-kee]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

abjure
[ab-joor, ab-jur]
solemnly renounce

crapulous
[krap-yuh-luhs]
given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating

perpetuate
[per-pech-oo-eyt]
to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

wanton
[won-tn]
a sexually unrestrained woman

fledgling
[flej-ling]
young, new, or inexperienced

philanthropic
[fil-uhn-throp-ik]
of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

vocational
[voh-key-shuh-nl]
of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation

desideratum
[dih-sid-uh-rey-tuhm]
something wanted or needed