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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| foment | to stir up or instigate |
| Flout | to play the flute, to deride, to express scorn or contempt for ET. Flouten= to play the flute to deride |
| Suffuse | to spread through, over |
| truculence | Savageness, Ferocity, aggressive self assertion L. Trux trucis = fear |
| ethnic | relating to a specific people or nation all of the same race E. ethnikos national |
| Inimical | injurious or harmful in effect L. inimicus= hostile or enemy |
| Sequester | to remove or set apart |
| rapacious | showing a strong desire to acquire money L. repare to seize |
| burgeon | to send forth buds, branches, or new growth, to flourish |
| accrue | to gain, gather |
| abet | to improve encourage and support |
| trenchant | Forceful and clear, penetrating |
| chagrin | vexation caused by disappointment, failure, humiliation |
| welter | a confused mass |
| auspicious | to look at L. auspex diviner by birds |
| truculence | savageness, ferocity |