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Great Ideas Quiz 1.5

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vituperative
adj . using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure: I know you’re angry, but your vituperative comments about my parentage are really taking things too far!
vacuous
adj. lacking in ideas or intelligence: as vacuous as the characters in a dumb blond joke
umbrage
n. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness
ubiquitous
adj. existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants
torpor
n. sluggish inactivity: I got out of bed at noon, but laid on the couch in a torpor until four.
tacit
adj. understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval
specious
adj. plausible but not true; false: specious claims
sanguine
adj. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations
salubrious
adj. favorable to or promoting health; healthful: the salubrious air of the countryside
salient
adj. prominent or conspicuous: her most salient trait; important, striking: the salient point of the argument
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