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Glossary of Ten Obscure Terms and Their Definitions, Quizzes of English Language

Definitions for ten obscure terms: opaque, desultory, loquacious, affable, irascible, apocryphal, recapitulate, obtuse, paucity, and garbled.

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TERM 1
opaque
DEFINITION 1
of doubtful authenticity; not genuine
TERM 2
desultory
DEFINITION 2
moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way
TERM 3
loquacious
DEFINITION 3
very talkative
TERM 4
affable
DEFINITION 4
friendly; easy to get along with
TERM 5
irascible
DEFINITION 5
easily angered; irritable
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TERM 1

opaque

DEFINITION 1

of doubtful authenticity; not genuine

TERM 2

desultory

DEFINITION 2

moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way

TERM 3

loquacious

DEFINITION 3

very talkative

TERM 4

affable

DEFINITION 4

friendly; easy to get along with

TERM 5

irascible

DEFINITION 5

easily angered; irritable

TERM 6

apocryphal

DEFINITION 6

difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible

TERM 7

recapitulate

DEFINITION 7

to summarize or repeat briefly

TERM 8

obtuse

DEFINITION 8

slow to understand

TERM 9

paucity

DEFINITION 9

a sacrity; an insufficiency

TERM 10

garbled

DEFINITION 10

mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or

incomprehensible