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Vocabulary from first quarter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a. appropriate (as a verb) | to take without right, to take over the rights to something for oneself |
| authoritative | Showing a sense of being in charge and expecting to be believed and obeyed OR being backed up by enough evidence to be believable |
| discreetly | without calling attention to oneself, almost secretively |
| indispensable | cannot be omitted without bad result |
| insidious | Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner |
| irrational | lacking a basis in thought or reason |
| objective | undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena |
| recur | happen more than once |
| redundant | Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression |
| referential | relating to or pointing to something, being strongly connected to some concrete reality already evident |
| holograph | hand-written manuscript |
| cuckold | a man whose wife has been unfaithful to him |
| tableau | a motionless scene |
| intimation | hint |
| coda | a section at the end of something |
| anterior | occurring previously |
| syntax | grammatical construction |
| oblique | indirect |
| indictment | an accusation of wrong, evidence that shows wrongdoing |
| subliminally | below the level of consciousness |
| juxtaposition | placement side by side |
| romantic | the idea that life is a story with nice characters and a happy ending |
| idealization | the view that things exist in their best possible form |
| realistic | viewing life as a story full of conflict and unsolvable problems |
| disillusionment | the state of having falsely good ideas stripped away, being left without the “rose-colored glasses” |
| qualify | to limit or make more specific |
| analogous | similar to each other |
| leitmotif | a pattern, idea, or theme repeated throughout a single work |
| agrarian | related to farming and the productive use of land |
| allude | make an indirect reference to |
| amenable | subject to, willingly affected by |
| betrays | reveals for public view |
| commensurate | equivalent in value or size |
| contemporaries | those who live at the same time |
| contiguous | continuing in an unbroken line, attached next to |
| culpable | guilty |
| ensconced | securely wrapped, surrounded, securely established |
| evocative | producing an emotional or imaginative response |
| expatriate | one who has chosen to live outside his native country |
| generic | identifiable by type but not having individual characteristics |
| largesse | generosity |
| maxim | pithy saying about how to live |
| meretricious | falsely appearing valuable, fake |
| obsolescence | quality of being out of date and no longer functional |
| quixotic | odd, idealistic to the point of being fantasy |
| realize | accomplish, grasp |
| superannuation | extreme old age |
| urban | related to the city or city life |
| disconsolate | so sad as to be unable to be comforted |
| irresolutely | without determination, lacking force and decisiveness |
| lamentable | very badly done, so bad as to be sad |
| sequential | in an orderly way, with one thing following in a logical order |
| graphic | explicitly presented or described |
| ingenuity | cleverness, resourcefulness, ability to think of good ways to accomplish goals |
| puerile | childish, immature |
| rhetorical | characteristic of language used purposefully |
| adequate | enough, sufficient, not excellent or abundant |
| altercation | conflict, may even be physical fight |
| antagonism | dislike, mutual annoyance |
| apathy | lack of conern, attitude of not caring |
| platitude | A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant |
| valid | supported by facts, well grounded |
| mendacity | deceitfulness |
| Scylla and Charybdis | two equally bad extremes to be avoided |
| antithesis | the opposite of a statement previously made |
| arbitrary | decided by whim, lacking a basis in reason or justice |
| Concede | to acknowledge an opposing point to be true |
| Analogy | a comparison between two things |
| Adolescent | having the characteristics of a teenager |
| Flourish | a decorative detail |
| Propound | to put forward for consideration |
Created by:
mrsbear1024
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