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english 11 vocab 1+2
english 11 grimm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antebellum | adj. - before the american cival war |
| chicanery | noun - a trick or deception |
| equinox | noun - when spring or fall begins |
| belie | verb - to lie |
| feckless | adj. - to be careless |
| omnipotent | adj. - to have all power |
| nihilism | noun - total destructiveness / anarchy |
| gauche | adj. - lacking sensitivity |
| churlish | adj. - difficult to work with |
| acumen | noun - to be quick and accurate |
| fatuous | adj. - not real |
| hubris | noun - to have a lot of pride |
| kowtow | verb - kneeling down for something or someone |
| nanotechnology | noun - using single atoms and molecules to build electron circuits |
| plagiarize | verb - to make something that someone else did seem like your own. |
| obsequious | adj. - to be obedient |
| sanguine | adj. - the color of blood/red |
| xenophobe | noun - people afraid of foreigners or strangers |