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Washington Irving
vocab for washington irving
| Word | Def. and POS |
|---|---|
| obsequious | adj- a fawning attentiveness |
| Termagant | adj- overbearing, shrewish |
| Rubicund | adj-ruddy |
| Junto | N- people joined for a common perpous |
| Virago | n- an over bearing woman |
| Connubial | adj- of or relating to marrage: conjugal |
| Disputatious | adj- inclined to dispute |
| Bilious | adj- sickeninling or unplesent |
| Evience | V- reveal or desplay clearly |
| Imputiny | N- to grant freedom from punishment |
| Cognomen | N-a nick name |
| Onerous | adj- trublesome |
| Pedagogue | N- a teacher who is dull |
| Supernumary | adj- excedding usual number |
| Capacious | adj-capable or containing a great deal |
| Querulous | adj-habitualy complaining |
| Tete-a-tete | adj-face to face or private |
| Ratiocination | N- the prosses of exact thinking or reasoning |
| Syllogism | N- a deductive scheme |
| Coquette | N- a women who endevers without sincere affection to gain the attention and admoration of men |
| Sybrite | N-gratification of sensual appatites |