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AdvComp Voacb 3
Advanced Comp Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| interloper | person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others |
| serendipity | good fortune;luck |
| coalesce | to unite as to form one mass, community; to blend or come together |
| reverence | a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe |
| stultifying | to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative |
| homespun | spun or made at home; plain; unsophisticated |
| privations | lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life |
| relic | a surviving trace of something |
| recalicitrant | resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| precocious | unusually mature or advanced in development |
| furtive | sly;shifty |
| somnambulant | to walk during sleep; sleepwalk |
| ennoble | to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect |
| ambivalent | having mixed feelings about someone or something (usually opposing) |
| eschew | to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid |
| festoon | a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon suspended in a curve between two points |
| indigenous | native |
| touchstone | a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing |
| estuary | an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river |
| rife | of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use |
| bracken | a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs |
| exude | to come out gradually in drops, as sweat, through pores or small openings; ooze out |
| auroral | of or like the dawn |
| vernacular | expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works |
| magnanimity | the quality of being generous in forgiving in insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness; high-minded; noble |
| superfluous | being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless; extravagant |
| effigy | a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule |
| aquifer | any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, especially one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc. |
| nebulous | hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused; cloudy or cloudlike |
| purport | to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely; to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply |
| endemic | natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous |
| admonitions | counsel, advice, or caution |
| insipid | without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; bland (as in food) |
| perpetrate | to commit (as in a crime) |
| glutinous | of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky |
| beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery; mislead; delude |
| bedlam | a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion |
| immemorial | extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge |
| auguries | an omen, token, or indication |
| ignominious | humiliating; marked by or attended with disgrace, dishonor |
| premonitory | serving to warn beforehand |
| prudent | wise or judicious in practical affairs; careful in providing for the future |
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