Green Eggs and Ham Glossary

by Dr. Seuss

Green Eggs and Ham Glossary

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Recalcitrant

Resistant to authority or control; uncooperative.

Corpulent

Fat or overweight.

Enervate

To weaken or exhaust.

Disparate

Essentially different or not allowing comparison.

Evanescent

Quickly fading or disappearing.

Abstruse

Difficult to understand; obscure.

Lugubrious

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Chicanery

Deception by trickery or subterfuge.

Cacophony

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Aplomb

Self-confidence, especially in a demanding situation.

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