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American Literature
Unit 5 Master Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abeyance | temporary inactivity |
| Abide | accept; tolerate |
| Aesthetics | set of principles often related to appearance |
| Anguished | extremely anxious; tormented |
| Ascertain | determine |
| Assert | declare; affirm |
| Assurance | confidence in ability or status |
| Bracken | large, coarse weedy ferns occurring in meadows or woods |
| Brusqueness | abrupt or blunt manner |
| Callow | lacking adult sophistication |
| Contemptuous | demonstrating a strong dislike or lack of respect |
| Corpulent | obsess |
| Crimsoned | reddened |
| Cynical | mocking or scornful |
| Deferential | respectful |
| Defraud | take someone’s property or money dishonestly; to cheat |
| Degenerate | having sunk to a lower level of quality or being |
| Derivative | based on something else; imitative |
| Desultory | irregular; uneven |
| Digress | deviate from the main topic in speaking or writing |
| Dilate | become larger or wider |
| Employ | use |
| Erroneous | incorrect or based on an incorrect assumption |
| Fascist | member of an oppressive political movement |
| Formulated | systematical precise |
| Freighted | loaded |
| Furrow | narrow rut or groove |
| Grudge | allow or give something reluctantly; be envious or resentful |
| Homogeneity | quality of being the same or similar in nature |
| Husky | solid; burly; strong |
| Ignorant | unaware |
| Innuendo | indirect remark or gesture with a suggestion of impropriety |
| Innumerable | too many to count |
| Insidious | deceitful; sly’ crafty |
| Insolence | disrespectfulness |
| Interminably | endlessly |
| Jocularity | humor; joking |
| Lash | strike hard with great force |
| Linger | remain or stay longer than usual |
| Malice | active ill will; evil intent’ desire to cause pain or injury to another |
| Malinger | pretend illness |
| Mystification | act of making something mysterious or hard to explain |
| Obtuse | slow to understand or perceive; insensitive |
| Overture | Musical introduction to an opera or other large musical work |
| Palpable | easily perceived; obvious; clear; able to be touched or felt |
| Perish | die |
| Pique | irritate; provoke |
| Poise | balance; self-control |
| Pompous | showing great self-importance; arrogant |
| Prelude | first movement of an opera; introduction |
| Presume | dare; venture;’ take upon oneself |
| Prodigality | excess; waste |
| Prominence | conspicuousness |
| Ravages | damaging effects of something |
| Repose | rest |
| Reproach | blaming or reproving; rebuke |
| Respective | relates individually to each of two or more persons or things |
| Reverential | showing a feeling of deep respect, love, and awe |
| Revert | return to a former practice or state |
| Subdue | overcome; control; reduce |
| Subtle | slight and not obvious |
| Tedious | long and tiresome |
| Terrain | ground seen in terms of its features or physical nature; territory in this context |
| Tremulously | in a trembling or quivering manner |
| Triviality | something insignificant |
| Unerring | free from error; certain |
| Unutterable | beyond description or expression |
| Vacuous | lacking intelligence |
| Valid | sound; just |
| Valor | bravery |
| Vigor | active physical or mental force or strength; intensity |
| Wanton | unrestrained; merciless |
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