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Vocabulary Lesson 2
English 11H
Term | Definition |
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jocular | joking |
servile | appropriate for servants |
pious | marked by religious reverence; commendable/worthy |
aesthetic | appreciating beauty and art; in accordance w/standards of quality in art |
circuitous | indirect |
chicanery | the use of deceptive action |
insidious | alluring but harmful |
ominous | threatening; sinister |
tenet | an opinion, principle or doctrine held by a group |
contentious | fond of controversy |
visceral | instinctive or intensely emotional |
reticent | reserved |
hierarchy | system of government organized according to rank |
pugnacious | quarrelsome |
vanguard | foremost position in a movement/trend |
ambivalence | contradictory emotions; uncertainty |
avail | use/advantage; benefit; assist |
equanimity | composure |
equivalent | equal in value |
equivocal | having two or more meanings; doubtful |
evince | to show plainly |
iniquity | unjust act |
prevail | predominant |
valedictory | bidding farewell at a formal leave-taking |
vanquish | to defeat |