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ENG Week 1/6 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accoutrement | an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup |
| barrage | a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once |
| bastion | a fortified area or position |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state; to make viscid or curdled |
| conscript | to enroll into service by compulsion |
| discursiveness | moving from topic to topic without order |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| expediency | a means of achieving a particular end |
| expiate | to extinguish the guilt incurred by or make amends for |
| explicate | to develop the implications of; analyze logically |
| heterodox | holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines |
| hidebound | having an inflexible or ultraconservative character |
| irrefragable | impossible to refute, break, or alter |
| irreproachable | blameless, impeccable |
| misogynist | one who hates women |
| perceptive | characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight |
| quantify | to determine, express, or measure the quantity of |
| quantitative | of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |