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English Honors Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dispatched | the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose |
| Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. |
| Formidable | inspiring admiration, awe, or fear |
| Civility | Polite behavior |
| Prodigious | enormous, huge |
| Entreat | beg, ask earnestly |
| Avenge | take revenge on behalf of someone or something |
| Whim | A sudden impulse or fancy |
| Appalled | Horrified, filled with dismay |
| Hew | To chop, cut down |
| Profusion | Abundance |
| Sage | Wise |
| Breach | Opening, break, gap |
| Adversary | An opponent, enemy |
| Disdain | To refuse or reject scornfully |
| Smote | To strike sharply |
| Colloquialism | slang or informality in speech or writing. Expressional include local or regional dialects |
| Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. |
| Assimilate | To absorb fully or make one’s own |
| Superfluous | Going above and beyond what is necessary |