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4A Vocab Unit #4
4A Vocab Unit #4 with 5 review for #3
Term | Definition |
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amorphous | in a blob; shapeless; not organized |
adroit | clever; skillful in a mental or physical way |
dirge | a sad song/poem; a funeral hymn |
despot | a cruel ruler; an absolute ruler; a tyrant |
choleric | mean; having or showing a bad temper |
blazon | to proclaim; to display publicly |
ascetic | not having a lot of money or possessions; self-denying; a person who practices self-denial |
proffer | to offer |
facile | easily done; not sincere or profound |
seraphic | acting good; angelic; of the highest order of angels |
decorum | proper action, speech, dress; polite behavior |
doggerel | badly written or trivial verse |
protégé | studying under another person; someone whose welfare or career is helped by a more influential person |
sanguine | naturally cheerful and hopeful; confident |
guile | tricking someone; cunning; deceit |