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persnickety

[per-snik-i-tee]

requiring painstaking care

nonsensical

[non-sen-si-kuhl]

having little or no meaning; making little or no sense

irrefragable

[ih-ref-ruh-guh-buhl]

not to be disputed or contested

copious

[koh-pee-uhs]

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful

luminous

[loo-muh-nuhs]

radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright

obsequious

[uhb-see-kwee-uhs]

characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:

comely

[kuhm-lee]

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

clerestory

[kleer-stawr-ee]

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

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)

fledgling

[flej-ling]

young, new, or inexperienced

somnolent

[som-nuh-luhnt]

sleepy; drowsy

abgesang

[ab-guh-zong]

the concluding section in musical and poetic bar form

prescient

[presh-uhnt]

having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight

imperious

[im-peer-ee-uhs]

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

fatuous

[fach-oo-uhs]

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; witless

insolent

[in-suh-luhnt]

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

solecism

[sol-uh-siz-uhm]

a breach of good manners or etiquette

abjure

[ab-joor, ab-jur]

solemnly renounce

circumspect

[sur-kuhm-spekt]

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered

vindicate

[vin-di-keyt]

to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like

contumacious

[kon-too-mey-shuhs]

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

sanctimonious

[sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uhs]

making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

turbulent

[tur-byuh-luhnt]

being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed

embroil

[em-broil]

to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife