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Week 3 Vocabulary
English II Honors Vocabulary
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Acuity | sharp vision or perception characterized by the ability to resolve fine detail |
| Vituperate | to abuse verbally, berate |
| Acumen | sharpness of insight, mind, and understanding; shrewd judgement |
| Visceral | instinctive, not intellectual; deep, emotional |
| adamant | stubbornly unyeilding |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; malignant; hateful |
| adept | extremely skilled |
| vindicate | to clear of blame; support a claim |
| adjudicate | to hear and settle a matter; to act as a judge |
| vim | vitality and energy |
| adjure | to appeal to |
| vilify | to slander, defame |
| admonish | to caution or warm gently in order to correct somethign |
| vicariously | felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another |