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Separate Peace Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tacit | Understood without being openly expressed |
| Contentious | controversial, quarrelsome |
| Irate | angry, enraged |
| Inveigle | To persuade someone to do something through deception or flattery |
| Consternation | Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected |
| Rhetorical | Spoken in a way that is not intended for a reply |
| Seigneurs | A feudal lord |
| Eloquence | Fluent, forceful speech |
| Indulgent | yielding to the wishes or desires of (oneself or another) |
| Inane | lacking sense or ideas; empty or void; boring |
| Resonant | full, vibrant sound |
| Conniver | one who gives aid to wrongdoing by pretending not to know or notice |
| infer | to conclude by reasoning from premises or evidence |
| Venerable | respected due to great age or associated dignity |
| Inured | toughened or accustomed by extended experience |
| Anarchy | a state or society without government or law |
| Fey | strange or otherworldly |
| Insidious | treacherous; marked by hidden dangers, hazards or perils |
| Enmity | Hatred |
| Vulnerable | open to attack or damage |
| Treachery | violation of allegiance or faith or confidence; the betrayal of trust |
| Candid | free from bias, prejudice, or malice; frank; absence of deception |
| Jounced | moved in an up and down manner; bounced |
| Cordovan | a soft fine-grained colored leather |
| Decalogue | a basic set of rules carrying binding authority |
| Ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity; ridiculous |
| Irresolutely | uncertainty; without sureness |
| Erratic | irregular |
| Vindicated | freed; delivered from |
| Idiosyncratic | peculiarly individualistic; eccentric |
| Invoking | petitioning for help support; appealing to |
| Sinecure | an office or position requiring little or no work and usually providing income |
| Bantam | diminutive or tiny |
| Automaton | a robot; one who acts in a monotonous, routine manner |
| Reprimand | a severe or formal rebuke or disapproval |
| Stupefaction | overwhelmed amazement |
| Impinge | to come into close contact with; encroach; infringe |
| Insinuating | tending to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook |
| Fratricide | the act of murdering one’s own brother or sister |
| Judiciously | wisely; in a soundly judgmental manner |
| Contretemps | an inopportune embarrassing occurrence; mishap |
| Conspiratorial | of or relating to a conspiracy - plans to do bad |
| Futility | useless, purposelessness |
| Virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art especially for military uniforms |
| Encumbrance | burden, impediment |
| Ambiguously | doubtfully; uncertainly; obscurely |
| Sanctity | a holiness of life and character; godliness |
| Discernible | detectible with the eyes or with the other senses; discriminating |
| Opulent | amply or plentifully provided; luxurious; rich |
| Sobriety | the quality or state of being abstinent, sober, or well balanced |
| Aphorisms | concise statements of principle; adages; maxims |
| Pungent | sharp or biting to the sense of taste or smell |
| Preeminently | outstandingly; supremely |
| Poignance | a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; |
| Refuting | overthrowing by argument, evidence, or proof; disapproving |
| Gulls | people who are easily deceived or cheated; duped; gullible |
| Patriarchal | old; fatherly |
| Gibe | insulting remark; mock; taunt |
| Abashed | embarrassed; disconcerted |
| Sententiousness | state of excessive moralizing |
| Vagaries | eccentric or unpredictable manifestations, actions, or notions |
| Herringbone | to ascend a slope by toeing out on skis and placing the weight on the inner edge |
| Liaison | close bond or connection; an interrelationship |
| Multifariously | varyingly; diversely |
| Dowager | a widow holding property or title received from her dead husband |
| Cacophony | harsh or discordant sound; dissonance; loud |
| Proviso | condition attached to an agreement |
| Accolade | a mark of acknowledgment; an award |
| Austerity | the quality of or state of being stern and forbidding in appearance and manner; the quality of being somber or grave |
| Aesthete | one having or affecting sensitivity to the beautiful, especially in art; aesthetic |
| Foreboding | an omen, prediction or presentiment especially of coming evil; a portent |
| Furlough | a leave of absence from duty granted especially to a soldier |
| Eunuch | a castrated man placed in charge of a harem |
| Latent | dormant; quiescent |
| Bane | person or thing that harms, spoils, or ruins |
| Incredulously | skeptically; unbelievingly |
| Ruefully | mournfully; regretfully |
| Flourish | to grow luxuriantly; to thrive |
| Torpid | dormant; numb; apathetic |
| Urbane | notably polite or finished in manner; polished |
| Incarnate | to give bodily form and substance to; to realize; to actualize |
| Obstinate | not easily subdued, remedied, or removed |
| Pontiff | bishop; pope |
| Incongruity | the state of being incompatible; lack of harmony |
| Irreconcilably | inconsistently; inharmoniously; uncompromisingly |
| Impervious | incapable of being influenced or affected |
| Parody | a feeble or ridiculous imitation |
| Languid | drooping from exhaustion; weak |
| Precariously | doubtfully; dangerously; insecurely |
| Bellicose | inclined to start quarrels or warfare; belligerent |
| Disconcerting | disturbing; unsettling |
| Parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
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