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Vocab List 2
English 11 - Mrs. Grimm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antebellum | Adjective; belonging to the period before a war; especially the American Civil War. |
| Equinox | Noun; Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic interests the celestial equator. |
| Chicanery | Noun; deception by trickery of sophistry; a trick. |
| Belie | Verb; To picture falsely, misrepresent. "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility. |
| Feckless | Adjective; Lacking purpose or vitality, feeble or ineffective. |
| Omnipotent | Adjective; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful. |
| Nihilism | Noun; Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and willingness to repudiate all previous theories of mortality or religious belief. |
| Gauche | Adjective; Lacking social polish; tactless. |
| Churlish | Adjective; of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar. |