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Week 8
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| comely | having a pleasant appearance; attractive; suitable |
| miscreant | a villain; an evildoer; adj. criminal; evil |
| flaunt | to show off; to display oneself proudly or conspicuously |
| erroneous | false; mistaken; incorrect |
| decadence | a process, condition, or period of decline or decay; deterioration; moral decay |
| stereotype | a generalized, oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing, an idea, or another group |
| pretentious | claiming an underserved distinction; affectedly grand |
| ostentatious | too showy; done in an overly elaborate way to attract attention |
| hypercritical | too severe in judgment |
| irascible | easily angered; given to outburst or temper; irritable |
| Infinitive phrase, S V | Ex.: To give another example, the teacher turned on the projector. |
| S V; S V | Ex.: Mr. Brush enjoys painting; Ms. Clay thoroughly dislikes it. |