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American lit. vocab
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| indication | sing, something that points out or signifies |
| exquisite | very beautiful; delicate; carefully wrought |
| affliction | something causing pain or suffering |
| abundance | A great supply; more than enough |
| ablutions | washing or cleansing the body as part of a religious rite |
| protruded | jutted out |
| confederate | united with others for a common purpose |
| disposition | an inclination or tendency |
| deliberation | careful consideration |
| loathsome | hateful; detestable |
| pestilential | likely o cause disease |
| copious | plentiful; abundant |
| improvident | shortsighted; failng to provide for the future |
| avarice | greed for riches |
| peril | danger |
| loath | reluctant; unwilling |
| sundry | various; different |
| recompense | reward; repayment |
| pilfer | steal |
| palisades | large, pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used for defense |
| conceits | strange or fanciful ideas |
| manifold | in many ways |
| perservere | persist; to be steadfast in purpose |
| dolorous | sad; mournful |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| ineffable | inexressable |