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The first vocab list given in mr. chungs english 3 class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appellation | A name or title that distinguishes or identifies |
| diphthong | A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel contained in a single syllable. |
| eponym | A person for whom something is or is thought to be named. |
| linguistics | The study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes. |
| neologism | A newly made up word, phrase, or expression. |
| parlance | A particular manner or kind of speech. |
| patois | A dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional or uneducated form of sppech. |
| polyglot | Consisting of many groups speaking different languages |
| solecism | The ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence. |
| vulgar | Spoken by or using the language spoken b the common people rather than literary, cultured, or learned people, vernacular. |
| amulet | An object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury; charm. |
| capricious | Characterized by or subject to sudden, unpredictable changes; fickle. |
| fatalism | The belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means. |
| incantation | A set or words spoken as a magic charm or to cast a magic spell. |
| propitious | Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; advantageous. |
| providential | Resulting from or seeming to result from divine will; fortunate; opportune. |
| quirk | A peculiarity of behavior; mannerism; idiosyncrasy. |
| serendipity | The ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck. |
| vagary | A wild or unpredictable notion or action; odd fancy. |
| vicissitude | One of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life; activities , or surroundings. |
| continuity | The condition of being without a stop or interruption. |
| converge | To approach the same point from different directions; meet. |
| initiate | To begin; originate. |
| pivotal | Central or crucial to something; very important. |
| sequel | Something that follows; continuation |
| subordinate | One subject to the authority of another |
| tangential | Only superficially relevant or related. |
| terminate | To bring to an end; conclude. |
| ultimate | Last; coming at the end. |
| complicity | Involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing. |
| deploy | To station (persons or forces) systematically over an area. |
| explicate | To explain; make meaning clear. |
| implicate | To involve or connect incriminatingly. |
| implicit | Implied or understood although not expressed. |
| inexplicable | Incapable of being explained or interpreted. |
| plight | A condition or situation of difficulty or adversity. |
| replica | A copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist. |
| replicate | To duplicate, copy, or repeat. |
| supple | Readily bent; pliant. |
| aspersion | A damaging or false statement. |
| deprecate | To express disapproval of |
| deride | To laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock. |
| execrable | Extremely inferior; very bad. |
| ostracize | To banish or exclude from a group; shun. |
| rebuke | To criticize or reprimand sharply and sternly. |
| scurrilous | using or expressed in vulgar and abusive language. |
| spurn | To reject or refuse disdainfully. |
| vitriolic | Bitterly severe; harsh; sharp. |
| vituperation | Sustained and bitter attack or condemnation; blame. |
| accommodating | Willing to help; obliging. |
| accord | Agreement; harmony. |
| acquiesce | To consent or comply passively or without protest; accept. |
| adamant | Firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion; flexible. |
| camaraderie | A spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or among friends or comrades. |
| compliance | An act of doing as another wishes or yielding to a request or command. |
| propitiate | To prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe; appease. |
| tractable | Easily managed or controlled; docile. |
| volition | An act of wiling, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining. |
| willfulness | Unreasonable stubbornness. |
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