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English 10 Vocab 18
Term | Definition |
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Acoustic | Relating to sound or hearing |
Assemblage | A collection or gathering of people or things: a fitting together of parts |
August | Inspiring great respect or admiration: noble |
Auspices | Protection, support, or guidance: patronage |
Cavil | To criticize unimportant things: to quibble: a minor criticism |
Curator | A person in charge of an exhibition: an overseer of a museum or library collection |
Extant | Still existing: not lost or destroyed |
Gamut | The entire range of something |
Ineffable | Incapable of being expressed in words |
Mellifluous | Sweetly flowing: pleasant to the ear |
Mien | A person's manner, appearance, or expression: bearing |
Nonpareil | A person or thing without an equal: having no equal: superb |
Patina | A green film that forms on copper exposed to the elements |
Rapt | Fully absorbed: engrossed: filled with deep pleasure: enraptured |
Resuscitate | To revive from unconsciousness or apparent death: to revive or restore to health or vigor |