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ELA Word of the day
ELA Word of the day #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prohibitive (adj) | forbidding |
| Embellish (v) | to decorate or make beautiful; to add fictitious details |
| Pretentious (adj) | characterized by the assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or underserved |
| Decorum (n) | Behavior in keeping with good taste + propriety |
| Dystopia (n) | A society characterized by human misery or squalor, oppression, disease + overcrowding. |
| Lackadaisical (adj) | lacking enthusiasm + determination, careless. Lazy |
| Mawkish (adj) | excessively sentimental |
| Dogmatic (adj) | an arrogant assertion of opinions |
| Bask (v) | to lie in warmth, to be exposed to a pleasing heat |
| Haphazard (adj) | by chance, accident or random |
| Minutiae (n) | the small, precise, or trivial details of something Influx (n): a streaming together or continual incoming; a place where two rivers join |
| Phillipie (n) | insulting language; a tirade. |
| Precedent (n) | an initial ruling that sets a standard |
| Repulsive (adj) | eliciting disgust + rejection |