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Lit + Comp: Unit 19
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| analyze | consider in detail to discover essential features or meaning; break down into components |
| boon | a desirable state |
| concomitant | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
| debilitate | make weak |
| disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of dislike; (v) look down on |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| feral | wild and menacing |
| hypothesis | a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations; an educated guess; an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| inexorable | impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
| lax | lacking in rigor or strictness; lacking in firmness or tension |
| multifarious | having many aspects or qualities |
| obtuse | an angle between 90 and 180 degrees; lacking insight or discernment; slow to learn or understand |
| pensive | deeply or seriously thoughtful; showing sadness |
| probity | complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles |
| quasi | having some resemblance |
| restive | being in a tense state; impatient especially under restriction or delay |
| static | a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference; angry criticism; (adj) not in physical motion |
| tenacious | good at remembering; stubbornly unyielding; sticking together |
| vacuous | devoid of intelligence or thought; devoid of significance or force |
| wizened | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |