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Vocabulary Final
Ms. Knapp Honors 10 Englidh
Term | Definition |
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audacious | showing willingness to take bold risks |
cajole | persuade by coaxing and flattery |
conciliatory | intended or likely to pacify |
derisive | expressing contempt or ridicule |
disparage | regard or represent as being of little worth |
edification | instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually |
egregious | outstandingly bad, shocking |
elucidate | make something clear; explain |
erudite | having or showing great knowledge |
exacerbate | make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse |
fatuous | silly and pointless |
gauche | lacking ease or grace, unsophisticated and socially awkward |
incredulous | (of a person) unwilling or unable to believe something |
laudable | (of an action, idea, or goal) deserving praise |
magnanimous | very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival |
mollify | appease the anger or anxiety of (someone) |
obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action |
pensive | engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep, serious thought |
poignant | evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret |
prodigious | remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree |
prosaic | having the style or diction of prose, lacking poetic beauty |
superfluous | unnecessary, especially through being more than enough |
subjugate | being under domination or control, especially by conquest |
tenuous | very weak or slight |
vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense |