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A separate peace voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehension | anticipation of misfortune |
| capacious | spacious |
| collaborator | someone who works together |
| consternation | sudden alarming amazement |
| contentious | tending to argue |
| convalescence | gradual recovery of health |
| cordial | gracious |
| crucial | important |
| cupola | architecture |
| deigning | to think fit |
| ell | an extension |
| enfeebled | to weaken |
| forlorn | desolate or dreary |
| formidable | causing fear |
| genially | warmly and pleasantly cheerful |
| grandeur | state of one being impressive |
| indignation | strong displeasure |
| inveigle | to entice or draw toward |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size |
| salient | prominent |
| sedate | calm |
| seigneurs | a lord |
| serenely | peaceful |
| specters | visible spirit |
| tacit | silent |
| unemphatic | uttered |
| anonymous | without a name |
| chronic | long time |
| commendable | worthy of praise |
| compliance | act of conforming |
| conniver | to cooperate secretly |
| conservatory | a school giving instruction |
| eloquence | practice of using language |
| emblem | logo |
| essence | basic nature |
| ignorance | lack of knowledge |
| inane | lacking sense |
| indulgent | benignly lenient |
| infer | to derive by reasoning |
| lofty | extending high in air |
| menacing | something that threatens to cause evil |
| resonant | echoing |
| temperamental | moody |
| truant | a person who neglects |
| vibrant | bright |