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Week 7-9
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vivacious | animated; lively; spirited; sprightly |
| Erroneous | false; mistaken; incorrect |
| Abridge | to shorten the number of words, to condense |
| Sanction | authorized permission or approval |
| Comely | having a pleasant appearance |
| Emendation | a correction, a change in a written text |
| Cite | to quote |
| Hypercritical | too severe in judgement |
| Repartee | a quick witty reply or retort; skill in making clever, witty replies |
| Rudiment | a fundamental principle, rule or step; an early or undeveloped form or stage or something |
| Shrew | a mouse like animal that eats insects; a bad-tempered, nagging woman |
| Flaunt | to show off |
| Miscreant | villain, evil |
| Supercilious | showing scorn and haughtiness |
| Finality | quality of being complete |
| S V, Participial Phrase | word followed by comma ends in -ing or -ed |
| Gerund Phrase V | first word ends in -ing |
| S V; S V | semi-colon acts as a conjunction |
| Infinitive Phrase, S V | start with “to” |
| S V; conjunctive adverb, S V | ex of conjuctive adverb: however, finally |