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Lit + Comp: Unit 19
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Term | Definition |
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analyze | consider in detail to discover essential features or meaning; break down into components |
boon | a desirable state |
concomitant | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
debilitate | make weak |
disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of dislike; (v) look down on |
evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
feral | wild and menacing |
hypothesis | a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations; an educated guess; an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
inexorable | impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
lax | lacking in rigor or strictness; lacking in firmness or tension |
multifarious | having many aspects or qualities |
obtuse | an angle between 90 and 180 degrees; lacking insight or discernment; slow to learn or understand |
pensive | deeply or seriously thoughtful; showing sadness |
probity | complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles |
quasi | having some resemblance |
restive | being in a tense state; impatient especially under restriction or delay |
static | a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference; angry criticism; (adj) not in physical motion |
tenacious | good at remembering; stubbornly unyielding; sticking together |
vacuous | devoid of intelligence or thought; devoid of significance or force |
wizened | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |