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Lesson 8 - Ms. Culp
Lesson 8 Ms. Culp-Weequahic English IV Lesson 8
| Vocabulary Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| allay | pacify;relieve |
| ameliorate | to make better; improve |
| asperity | severity; roughness or harshness |
| exegesis | an analysis; interpretation of |
| extradite | to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction |
| hypocrisy | two-faced, falseness |
| inveigh | to protest, oppose |
| lionize | to honor or celebrate |
| pander | to act as a go-between, to exploit the weaknesses of others |
| profligate | wasteful; immoral |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant |
| renunciation | rejection; abandonment |
| unimpeachable | beyond doubt; unquestionable |
| unwieldy | not easily held |
| vitiate | to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase |