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Great Ideas Quiz 1.4

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prosaic
adj. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic, boring story.
prevaricate
v. to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie: Don’t prevaricate by claiming that aliens ate your homework. (n. prevarication)
pedantic
adj. characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic need to tell us all about the rules
paucity
n. an insufficiency; dearth: This kitchen has a paucity of cookies
onus
n. blame or responsibility: If this plan fails, the onus is on you; burden
obviate
v. to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: To obviate the risk of serious injury, wear a helmet.
modicum
n. a small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.
mien
n. appearance, bearing, or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien.
hapless
adj. unlucky; unfortunate: The hapless victim never saw the piano plummeting towards his head.
garrulous
adj. talkative
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