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Honors English 3
Vocab lesson 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| factious | causing disagreement |
| ignoble | dishonorable |
| boor | rude or impolite person |
| aegis | shield or protection |
| perspicacity | keenness of judgment and perceptiveness |
| fervent | eager or passionate |
| rectify | to correct or make right |
| enervate | to weaken |
| besiege | to surround and attack |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| altruism | generosity |
| carrion | decaying flesh |
| erotic | pertaining to sexual love |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| opulent | rich and wealthy |
| impotent | powerless |
| antithesis | an exact opposite |
| maelstrom | whirlpool or turbulence |
| emendation | a correction |
| chagrin | embarrassment or complete loss of courage |
| bauble | a showy but useless thing; trinket |
| diaphanous | very sheer and light or transparent |
| labyrinth | a maze |
| gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction |
| impediment | a barrier or obstacle |
| bestial | savage or brutal |
| effete | worn out or exhausted |
| shard | a fragment |
| bland | tasteless or dull |
| nihilism | a total rejection of established laws |