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Vocabulary Lesson 2
English 11H
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| jocular | joking |
| servile | appropriate for servants |
| pious | marked by religious reverence; commendable/worthy |
| aesthetic | appreciating beauty and art; in accordance w/standards of quality in art |
| circuitous | indirect |
| chicanery | the use of deceptive action |
| insidious | alluring but harmful |
| ominous | threatening; sinister |
| tenet | an opinion, principle or doctrine held by a group |
| contentious | fond of controversy |
| visceral | instinctive or intensely emotional |
| reticent | reserved |
| hierarchy | system of government organized according to rank |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome |
| vanguard | foremost position in a movement/trend |
| ambivalence | contradictory emotions; uncertainty |
| avail | use/advantage; benefit; assist |
| equanimity | composure |
| equivalent | equal in value |
| equivocal | having two or more meanings; doubtful |
| evince | to show plainly |
| iniquity | unjust act |
| prevail | predominant |
| valedictory | bidding farewell at a formal leave-taking |
| vanquish | to defeat |