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Vocabulary 9
English AP Blake Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Detective | Sleuth |
| Give off; emit; radiate | Exude |
| A joining together; the point at which two things | Juncture |
| Resting or lying down | Recumbent |
| Quarrelsome, fond of fighting | Pugnacious |
| Reserved, distant | Aloof |
| Poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived | Tenement |
| A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, façade | Veneer |
| Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Sacrilegious |
| A name of title | Appellation |
| Nickname | Sobriquet |
| Young women making formal entrance into society | Debutante |
| Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically | Inscrutable |
| Corresponding in size or degree or extent; equal; proportionate | Commensurate |
| Spend foolishly, waste | Squander |
| Very wicked, offensive, hateful | Heinous |
| Binding agreement | Covenant |
| Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud | Surreptitious |
| Suffering the loss of a loved one | Bereaved |
| Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | Petulant |
| Shocking; explicit | Lurid |
| Draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | Elicit |
| Respect; consideration | Deference |
| Ill-smelling | Odiferous |
| The outermost part or boundary | Periphery |