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Vocabulary 6A & B
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arable | Fit for plowing, tillable |
| Ascendancy | Domination; growing power |
| Blasphemous | Irreverent, profane |
| Ephemeral | Lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
| Ethereal | Heavenly, usually delicate, light, lacking material substance |
| Extraneous | Not essential or vital |
| Fallow | inactive, plowed but not sowed |
| Harangue | a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe |
| Impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated; not capable of being damaged |
| Implausible | Not believable |
| Incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| Incontrovertible | indisputable |
| Indolence | Laziness |
| Levity | excessive frivolity, flippancy |
| Magnanimity | having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit |
| Perjury | False testimony under oath |
| Pretentious | making an extravagant show, self-important, ostentatious, pompous |
| Provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded |
| Spontaneous | Having no external cause, acting on impulse |
| Zeal | enthusiasm, fervor |