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Q3 Hime
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Solicitious | Showing interest or concern |
| Inconsequential | Not important; not significant |
| Coincide | Corresponds or happens at the same time |
| Deference | Humility, submission, respect usually toward another |
| Vernacular | Everyday speech; the language spoken by the common people of a region |
| Ambiguous | Unclear; non-specific; open to interpretation |
| Contentious | Controversial; likely to spark an argument; likely to argue |
| Heresy | An opinion or belief deeply contrary to what is generally accepted, especially in religion |
| Indulgence | Allowing oneself pleasure, or in the Middle Ages the granting of absolution of sins by the Catholic Church |
| Meter | The rhythmic structure of poetry; the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Iambic Pentameter | A poetic meter with five repeating unstressed and stressed syllable pairs per line |
| Anachronism | Something that does not fit within the established time period |
| Sect | A subdivision of a religious group with differing beliefs or practices |
| Archaic | Very old; no longer commonly used |
| Stark | Severe, intense, or bare; sharply contrasted |
| Abstain | To restrain oneself or formally decline |
| Exacerbate | To make a problem or bad situation worse |
| Execrable | Extremely bad or unpleasant |
| Nonchalant | Casually calm and relaxed; not showing concern |
| Tenuous | Very weak or insecure |
| Trite | Overused and lacking originality |
| Yoke | To join or bind together, often in a restrictive way |
| Asceticism | Severe self-discipline and avoidance of indulgence, often for religious reasons |
| Mercurial | Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes |
| Latent | Existing but hidden or not yet developed |
| Legitimize | To provide justification or prove something as deserving respect or authority |