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Unit Vocab 10-12
vocab- last vocab test!!!
| vocab word | definition |
|---|---|
| accrue | to increase |
| annotation | commentary, notes |
| antediluvian | very old |
| bedlam | chaos |
| covert | hidden, disguised |
| debonair | sophisticated, carefree, nonchalant |
| dun | to press for payment |
| efficacious | capable of producing desired effect |
| equanimity | calmness, composure |
| fortuitous | fortunate, ocurring by chance |
| gist | main point |
| gratuitous | given freely; without cause |
| imperious | arrogant, overbearing |
| inimical | unfriendly |
| invective | characterized by abusive language; dununciation |
| motley | varied, diverse, incongruous |
| munificent | generous |
| procrastinate | tending to delay |
| provocative | something that provokes |
| recondite | beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding |
| reprobate | perverted; an immoral person; wicked |
| sedentary | inactive; characterized by sitting |
| abstemious | restraint from indulging a desire for something |
| accentuate | to give emphasis to |
| censurable | deserving of strong or vehement expression of disapproval |
| contingent | dependent for existence; happening by chance |
| corroborate | to make more certain; confirm |
| denizen | a person who regularly frequents a place; inhabitant |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one subject to another |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely; disperse |
| dowdy | not stylish; drab; old-fashioned |
| florid | flowery; excessively ornate; showy |
| foist | to force upon or impose unjustifiably |
| gauche | lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude |
| heresy | any belief that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs |
| inculcate | to implant by repeated statement; teach persistently |
| palpable | readily or plainly seen, perceived; evident; obvious |
| perceptive | having or showing keeness of insight; understanding or intuition |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive; deadly |
| quail | small game bird; to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs; jetting upward; standing out conspicuously |
| satiate | to satisfy; filled to satiety |
| sear | to make withered and dry; burn, scorch, or injure suddenly as with heat |
| specious | having deceptive attraction or allure; having a false look of truthfulness or genuineness |
| absolve | to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| caricature | ludicrous exaggeration of characteristics |
| clangor | resounding clang or a medley of clangs |
| contiguous | touching in an unbroken sequence |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth; lust |
| deleterious | harmful of in a subtle or unexpected way |
| enhance | to increase or improve in quality or attractiveness |
| enthrall | to hold in or reduce to slavery; to hold spellbound |
| extenuate | to make light of; try to lessen extent of by making partial excuses |
| exude | to ooze out; show particular quality clearly |
| implicit | implied; being without doubt or reserve |
| incisive | impressively direct or decisive |
| ostentatious | marked by pretentious display |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| paraphrase | restatement of text |
| politic | shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealing |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance |
| prosaic | factual; dull, unimaginative; everyday, ordinary |
| redundant | superfluous; not necessary to portray a point |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| scintillating | brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty |
| winsome | generally pleasing due to childlike innocence; cheerful, lighthearted |
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