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Female Author Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Benighted | intellectually or morally ignorant (adj) |
| Beset | to attack on all sides (verb) |
| Broach* | to raise (verb) |
| Circumspect | watchful and discreet (adj) |
| Colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing (adj) |
| Cow | to frighten with threats, violence, etc. (verb) |
| Dastard* | dishonorable or despicable person (noun) |
| Eloquence | the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness (noun) |
| Euphonious | pleasant in sound (adj) |
| Exordium | the beginning of anything (noun) |
| Forbearance | patient endurance/self control (noun) |
| Haughty | disdainfully proud (adj) |
| Indolent | having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion (adj) |
| Intermittent | stopping or ceasing for a time (adj) |
| Labyrinth | intricate combination of of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one’s way or to reach the exit (noun) |
| Quail | to lose heart or courage during difficulty or danger (verb) |
| Redress | the setting right of what is wrong (noun) |
| Restive | impatient of control, delay, or restraint (adj) |
| Smite | to strike or hit hard (verb) |
| Truculent | aggressively hostile (adj) |