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Unit 12 vocabulary*

Vocab from unit 12

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Clangor (n.)a loud ringing sound.
Clangor (v.)to make a loud ringing noise.
Deleterious (adj.)harmful, injurious.
Absolve (v.)to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt.
Enhance (v.)to raise to a higher degree;to increase the value or desirability of.
Caricature (n.)a representation(especially a drawing)in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated.
Caricature (v.)to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way.
Extenuate (v.)to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses.
Contiguous (adj.)side by side; touching; near; adjacent in time.
Exude (v.)to ooze out; to discharge through the pores; to emanate(as a quality or a personal impression).
Implicit (adj.)implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in.
Cupidity (n.)an eager desire for something; greed.
Enthrall (v.)to enslave; to imprison; to captivate, charm, hold spellbound.
Scintillating (adj.,part.)sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally briliant(applied to mental or personal qualitis).
Redundant (adj.)extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush.
Winsome (adj.)charming, attractive, pleasing(often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence).
Preeminent (adj.)superior, outstanding; prominent.
Paragon (n.)a model of excellence or perfection.
Politic (adj.)prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient.
Sanctimonious (adj.)making a show of virtue or rightiousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious.
Incisive (adj.)sharp, keen, penetrating.
Prosaic (adj.)dull, ordinary, lacking in distinction and originality; characteristic of prose, not poetic.
Paraphrase (v.)to restate in other words.
Paraphrase (n.)a statsement that presents a given idea in a new language.
Ostentatious (adj.)marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy.
Created by: SydneyC
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