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Vocab. #4 - Honors11
Quarter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| esoteric | adj. hard to understand; understood by only a select few |
| tenuous | adj. flimsy; extremely thin; very weak or slight |
| polemic | n. a powerful statement, often made to attack or refute a controversial issue |
| obdurate | adj. stubborn and insensitive |
| discreet | adj. marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech/behavior; modest |
| ardent | adj. passionate; enthusiastic |
| hermetic | adj. impervious to external influences |
| extol | v. to praise highly; to applaud |
| ineffable | adj. incapable of being expressed or described |
| rudimentary | adj. basic; crude/rough; unformed |