Add 100 words to my vocabulary

I’m making the most out of my language learning goal and focusing on Spanish words I learn in “the wild” rather than through my lessons.

1. Rescind (invitation)

2. Sycophant (toady)

3. Indolent (lazy)

4. Phlegmatic (composed)

5. Virtuoso (A master of technique in some art)

6. Trepidation (fear)

7. Analogous (similar to something)

8. Diffident (timid)

9. Grandiose (imposing in style/effect, uncommonly large)

10. Deference (humble submission/respect)

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1) Avant-garde: Avant-garde ​ideas, ​styles, and ​methods are very ​original or ​modern in ​comparison to the ​period in which they ​happen:

avant-garde ​art/​cinema/​painting

It was one of the first avant-garde ​works to ​appeal to a ​wide ​audience.

2) slashkini - a one-piece swimsuit with lots of cut-outs, giving the appearance of having been slashed

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Threnody pronunciation\THREN-uh-dee\

DEFINITION

noun



: a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy