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English 10 Vocab 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agrarian | Having to do with farming or agriculture |
| Burgeon | To grow and expand rapidly: to flourish |
| Cataclysm | A sudden and violent change: a catastrophe |
| Culinary | Having to do with cooking |
| Denigrate | To attack the reputation of: to criticize in a derogatory manner |
| Gourmet | A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality |
| Grandiloquent | Using lofty or pompous speech or expression |
| Hybrid | The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties: anything that is of mixed origin or composition |
| Manifold | Having many different kinds, forms, or parts |
| Palatable | Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste |
| Panacea | Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties: a cure-all |
| Plebeian | Of or pertaining to the common people: common: unrefined |
| Scourge | Something that causes great pain and suffering: a social evil |
| Stalemate | A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in: a deadlock |
| Temperate | Mild, moderate: restrained |