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Ferguson AP English
Grade 11, list 3
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Abstemious | moderate in eating and drinking; temperate |
| Aesthetic | Pertaining to the beautiful and what constitutes beauty and what accounts for peoples reactions to it |
| Aroma | scent, usually pleasant |
| Ascetic | self-denying and austere for the purposeof reaching a higher spiritual state |
| Blatant | noisy, obtrusive, crassly obvious |
| Cadence | a rhythmic sequence of sounds |
| Clarion | sound of trumpet, shrill, sharp, clear. |
| Comely | of pleasing appearance |
| Condiment | a seasoning or relish for food, as pepper, mustard etc... |
| Connoisieur | expert, especially in the fine arts |
| Coruscate | to glitter or sparkle |
| Culinary | pertaining to the kitchen or cooking |
| Delectable | delightful; deliciously flavored |
| Dilettante | an ameteur; a trifler or dabbler, especially in the fine arts |
| Dissolute | indulging in pleasure |
| Drab | dull, monotonous |
| Dulcet | pleasant to hear, melodious |
| Ejaculate | to exclaim |
| Epicure | A lover of luxury and sensuous pleasure; an expert in foods and lquors; connoisseur |
| Euphony | the qualtity of having a pleasing sound |
| Fetid | bad smelling, stinking,malodorous |
| Gaudy | bright ans showy, but in bad taste |
| Gossamer | a very thin, soft, filmy cloth |
| Hedonist | one who believes pleasure is the principal good and should be the aim of action |
| Inebriety | drunkenness |
| Insepid | flat, flavorless, dull |
| Limpid | perfectly clear, transparent |
| Lurid | glowing through a haze,as flames through smoke 2) startling, sensational, especialy because of violence or crime |
| Mephetic | bad smelling |
| Murky | dark or gloomy |
| Pellucid | very clear |
| Profligate | abandoned to vice, given to wild living, such as drugs, alcohol, sex, etc... dissipated, dissolute |
| pungent | biting, keen, stimulating |
| Rasping | grating, harsh sounding |
| Raucous | Hoarse, rough sounding, |
| Redolent | fragrant or smelling |
| Sartorial | pertaining to clothes, especially mens tailored clothes. |
| Savor | to taste or smell especially with enjoyment |
| Scintillate | to flash, sparkle, or twinkle, especially to be brilliant and witty |
| Stentorian | very loud |
| Stigma | a brand as a mark of disgrace |
| Strident | Harsh sounding |
| Succulent | juicy |
| Tart | sharp, sour |
| Tenebrous | dark and gloomy |
| Tureen | a large, covered dish for serving soup, |
| vapid | flat, insepid,uninteresting |
| victuals | food |
| virtuoso | one who excels in musical performance |
| vociferous | shouting noisily; clamorous |
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