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Final vocab
english 1A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| clandestine | secretive; held or conducted secretly |
| expatriate | banished person; one driven into exile |
| converge | meet; to move toward one another |
| lexicon | dictionary; book containing words and definitions. |
| felicity | great happiness; state of being happy |
| ephemeral | fleeting; transient; lasting only a short time |
| eccentric | odd; strange; deviating from the pattern |
| ostracism | exclusion; banishment; social exclusion |
| ameliorate | improve; to make better or more tolerable |
| tutelage | instruction; a guiding influence. |
| ancillary | subsidiary; auxiliary; subordinate |
| vivifying | enlivening; quickening; renewing of life |
| disparate | different; markedly distinct in some way |
| pedagogues | pompous teachers; schoolmasters |
| salutary | curative; promoting good health |
| relegated | assigned; classified; banished |
| nuance | subtle distinction or difference; subtle variation |
| Anecdote | a brief amusing story |
| Celerity | Speed |
| Dexterous | skillful with hands |
| extraneous | irrelevant |
| pallid | pale |
| Scrupulous | careful; diligent; painstaking |
| Unequivocal | clear; obvious |
| Animosity | hatred; antagonism |
| Dichotomy | a division into two parts |
| Extrapolate | extend; predict on the basis of known data |
| Incongruous | not fitting in; out of place |
| Palpable | easily felt; easily perceived |
| Pretentious | Making a claim of distinction; attempting to impress |
| Cerebral | Intellectual |
| Diffident | lacking confidence |
| False | |
| Malefactor | a wrong-doer |
| Paradigm | 1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things |
| Unprecedented | never having happened before |
| Digress | wander off the subject |
| Falter | hesitate; waver |
| Indelible | cannot be wiped out |
| Abrogate | to cancel, destroy, revoke, or void |
| Acerbic | sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone |
| Acrimony | bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness |
| Acumen | quickness of perception or discernment (understanding) |
| Adumbrate | to sketch, outline in a shadowy way |
| Aphorism | a tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage |
| Apocryphal | of doubtful authority or authenticity |
| Arcane | understood by only a few |
| Avarice | an excessive desire of gain; greediness |
| Banal | commonplace; trivial |
| Facetious | "tongue-in-cheek-advice" characterized by wit and pleasantry |
| Halcyon | peaceful, undisturbed, and happy |
| Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| Iconoclast | one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions |
| Loquacious | very talkative |
| Myopic | lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning |
| Obviate | to prevent by interception |
| Patrician | a person of refined upbringing, manners and taste |
| Pecuniary | relating to money |
| Pedantic | characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
| Pejorative | disparaging, belittling |
| Prevaricate | to depart from or evade the truth |
| Probity | honesty, uprightness |
| Puerile | displaying a lack of maturity |
| Renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
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