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Murrell Eng 10 Voc 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| •affinity | – likeness or resemblance |
| •futile | – useless, unimportant |
| •reverie | – dreamlike meditation |
| •cryptic | - mysterious, puzzling |
| •penuriousness | – stinginess or frugality |
| •aesthetic | - pertaining to a sense of beauty |
| •lyric | – poetry having a musical quality, expressing the poet’s thoughts and feelings |
| •poignant | – keenly affecting the emotions |
| •austere | – severe |
| •elegiac | – expressing sorrow |
| •cochineal | – red dye |
| •indissolubly | – firmly |
| •inquisitive | – eager, questioning, curious |
| •vicissitude | – change or variation |
| •languid | – lacking in spirit or energy |
| •innuendo | – insinuation, inference |
| •assuage | – to make less severe; to relieve |
| •renown – widespread praise | – to make less severe; to relieve |