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Exam Vocab Lit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "What does blanch mean | To turn pale or whiten |
| "What does masochist mean | Someone who gains satisfaction from their own pain or suffering |
| "What does flaunt mean | To show off boldly or proudly |
| "What does savant mean | A person of great learning or intelligence |
| "What does redundant mean | Unnecessarily repetitive or more than needed |
| "What does deride mean | To mock or ridicule |
| "What does delineate mean | To describe or outline clearly |
| "What does fastidious mean | Very attentive to detail or hard to please |
| "What does garrulous mean | Excessively talkative |
| "What does salacious mean | Sexually inappropriate or meant to shock |
| "What does debauchery mean | Excessive indulgence in harmful pleasures |
| "What does brevity mean | Shortness or conciseness |
| "What does malleable mean | Able to be shaped or influenced |
| "What does egregious mean | Shockingly bad or outrageous |
| "What does juxtapose mean | To place side by side for comparison |
| "What does panache mean | Flamboyant confidence or style |
| "What does fissure mean | A narrow opening or crack |
| "What does impecunious mean | Having little or no money |
| "What does idolatry mean | Excessive admiration or worship |
| "What does sedition mean | Speech or actions encouraging rebellion against authority |
| "What does shibboleth mean | A custom phrase or belief distinguishing a group |
| "What does kinetic mean | Relating to motion |
| "What does malapropism mean | Humorous misuse of a word |
| "What does halcyon mean | Peaceful calm or idyllic |
| "What does necromancy mean | Supposed practice of communicating with the dead or magic involving spirits |