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Lit + Comp: Unit 4
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Term | Definition |
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Acumen | shrewdness shown by keen insight |
approbation | official approval |
capricious | changeable; determined by chance rather than reason |
connotation | an idea that is implied or suggested |
deprecate | express strong disapproval of |
eclipse | be greater in significance than |
expiate | make amends for |
garrulous | full of trivial conversation |
impinge | advance beyond the usual limit |
intrepid | invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
maelstrom | a powerful circular current of water |
neophyte | someone young or inexperienced; a new participant |
orient | determine one's position with reference to another point |
pious | having or showing reverence for a deity |
proscribe | command against |
reclusive | withdrawn from society; providing privacy |
sanctimonious | excessively or hypocritically pious |
subtle | difficult to detect or grasp; working in a hidden and injurious way |
trenchant | clearly or sharply defined to the mind |
victorious | experienced at secondhand |