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Unit 5 Vocabulary
Study Method for D period ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| specious | misleading (looks true but actually is false) |
| enmity | mutual hatred |
| decorous | appropriate behavior or conduct |
| strident | loud and harsh |
| incredulous | disbelieving |
| suffuse | to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light |
| pallor | extreme or unnatural paleness |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust or mean |
| surmount | to overcome or to conquer |
| pliant | easily bent or flexed |
| officious | bossy |
| furtive | secretive or shifty cyon (think of furtive cyon) |
| inscrutable | mysterious + hard to understand |
| contrite | apologetic |
| opaque | not transparent + hard to understand |
| tacit | implied but not expressed |
| susurration | a murmur, whisper, or soft rustle |
| dubious | the act of doubting |
| belligerence | aggression |
| impalpable | unable to be touched or sensed + hard to understand |