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ENG Week 3/10 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| admonitory | expressing reproof; warning |
| adulation | excessive or slavish admiration or flattery |
| beleaguer | besiege; trouble, harass |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| constellation | a configuration of stars |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| dialectical | related to or in accordance with a philosophical concept by which a new entity is produced from two opposites |
| disparity | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| expostulate | to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of discussion or remonstrate |
| spry | nimble |
| homogeneity | the state of remaining the same throughout |
| hone | to make more acute or intense |
| jaded | made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by surfeit |
| jargon | a confused unintelligible language |
| modest | placing a moderate estimate on one's abilities or worth |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden |
| peripheral | of, relating to, or being the outer part |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow |
| postmodernism | a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language |
| quirk | a peculiar trait |