English III Honors
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| Vocabulary Word |
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| amnesty |
forgiveness or absolution |
| autonomy |
home rule |
| axiomatic |
taken for granted |
| blazon |
broadcast, trumpet |
| caveat |
admonition, word to the wise |
| equitable |
right, reasonable, evenhanded |
| extricate |
disentangle, extract, disengage |
| filch |
pilfer purloin, swipe, peculate |
| flout |
scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn |
| fractious |
refractory, recalcitrant, peevish, querulous, petulant |
| precept |
principle, maxim, axium, caveat |
| salutary |
salubrious, curative |
| scathing |
searing, harsh, ferocious, savage, vitrolic, scurrilous |
| scourge |
flog, beat; bane, plague, pestilence |
| sepulchral |
doleful, lugubrious, mortuary |
| soporific |
narcotic, anesthetic |
| straitlaced |
highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy, stringent |
| transient |
impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent |
| unwieldy |
cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical |
| vapid |
insipid, lifeless, colorless, sopofific |
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