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new vocab 3/12/18
english
Question | Answer |
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infraction | a violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules |
compel | force or oblige (someone) to do something , urge, pressure |
vehement | intensely emotional, deeply felt, marked by forceful energy |
dilapated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
relentless | tenacious, go getting, incredibly determined |
despise | feel contempt or a deep repugnance for |
jeer | make rude and mocking remarks |
justify | show or prove to be right |
scion | a detached living portion of a plant |
prominent | well known, in the public eye |
retaliate | make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack , reciprocate, get back at |
allusion | reference to a well known literary work or art |
sequence | the order in which things follow eachother |
defiant | stubborn, angry |
dialect | accent, the way someone talks |
tone | the "voice" an author uses |
mood | the feeling the reader gets |
problem/solution | locked out of house/climbed in the window |