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Unit 8: Lit + Comp
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Term | Definition |
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adversity | a state of affliction or misfortune |
assert | declare or affirm; insist on having ones rights or opinions recognized |
circumvent | surround so as to give up; avoid; beat through cleverness or wit |
contradiction | opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas |
devoid | completely wanting or lacking |
elusive | difficult to describe; skillful at avoiding capture; |
extemporaneous | with little or no preparation |
grandiloquence | high style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation |
inchoate | only partly in existence; only partially formed |
inveterate | habitual |
marauder | someone who attacks in search of booty |
novice | someone new to a field or activity |
pallid | suggesting emotional distress; dim or feeble; lacking in interest |
polemic | a writer who writes in opposition to others |
proximity | the region close around a person or thing |
redundant | more than is needed or desired; repetition |
scurrilous | expressing offensive reproach |
surfeit | the state of being more than full |
turpitude | a corrupted practice |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge; ill willed with a desire to hurt |