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9th grade lit unit 1
american literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |