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Vocabulary
12th Grade Unit 3 Vocabulary Words
Term | Definition |
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Ancillary | (adj.) subordinate or supplementary. |
Bowdlerize | (v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) |
Condescend | (v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner. |
Cozen | (v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle. |
Enclave | (n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people having a special character. |
Forte | (n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best. |
Gratis | (adj.) free; (adj.) without charge. |
Icon | (n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion. |
Interstice | (n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things. |
Macrocosm | (n.) the universe considered as whole; the entire complex structure of something. |
Mountebank | (n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan. |
Paean | (n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph. |
Plethora | (n.) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity. |
Pragmatic | (adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiffin one's opinions. |
Quizzical | (adj.) puzzled; making; odd; equivocal. |
Rapacity | (n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder. |
Schism | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or |
Therapeutic | (adj.) having the power to heal or cure; benefical. |
Virtuoso | (n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) masterly or brillant. |
Persiflage | (n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing. |