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9th grade lit unit 1
american literature
Question | Answer |
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ribald | coarsely, crudely reflect |
ruminate | to reflect |
stolid | expressing little sensibility , unemotional |
servile | submissive |
polemic | an aggresive argument against a specific opinion |
precocious | advanced |
capacious | very spacious |
abscond | to sneak away and hide |
abjure | to reject |
nadir | lowest point of something |
perfidious | disloyal |
largess | generous giving of lavish gifts |
insipid | dull,boaring |
injunction | an offical warning |
laudatory | expressing admiration or praise |
dither | to be indecisive |
myriad | great number of something |
extant | existing, not destroyed or lost |
exculpate | to free from guilt |
epistolary | relating to or contained in letters |
dissonance | lack of harmony or consistency |
rhapsodize | to engage in extensive enthusiasm |
commodious | roomy |
cupidity | greed, strong desire |
amorphous | no definite shape or type |