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Vocabulary 7
English AP Blake Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | Inculcate |
| Incapable of being expressed | Ineffable |
| Humorous, not meant seriously | Facetious |
| Creative and boldly original | Promethean |
| A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something | Penchant |
| Characteristic of an ideal society; visionary | Utopian |
| Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscure | Adumbrate |
| Rash, impulsive | Impetuous |
| Changeability | Mutability |
| To clear of blame | Exonerate |
| Unnecessary or uncalled for | Gratuitous |
| The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason | Mysticism |
| A period of relief or rest | Respite |
| To make larger, increase | Augment |
| Deserving blame, guilty | Culpable |
| Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | Erudite |
| Attack as false | Impugn |
| Deprived of, made unhappy through a loss | Bereft |
| Admirably appropriate, very well-suited for the occasion; pleasant, fortunate, marked by happiness | Felicitous |
| Agree without protest | Acquiesce |
| Excessive, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, inflated | Exorbitant |
| Attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions | Iconoclastic |
| To give up or resign something | Renounce |
| Something out of place in time | Anachronism |
| Inference; guesswork | Conjecture |