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chapter 9 & 10

vocab

QuestionAnswer
provocative tends to excite; provoking
bumpkin unsophisticated person from the country
toady a person who flatters for personal gain
culpable deserving blame or condemnation; guilty
penultimate next to last
blithe cheerful; carefree
soporific tends to induce sleep
pervasive spreads throughout
benign harmless
frenetic wildly excited
recrimination counter accusation
corroborate to strength by evidence
untenable *indefensible; impossible to defend*
perambulate to walk
veneer thin attractive outer layer
luminous emitting light; glowing
circuitous roundabout
perquisite fringe benefit; tip in addition to regular wages
tacit implied silently
largesse generosity
indolent lazy
circumlocution unnecessarily wordy
depredate to plunder; ransack
etymology the history of a word
cortege an entourage; a posse
demotic colloquial
simian related to apes or monkeys
impresario an entertainment producer or manager ex: sean combs or shakespeare
requisite required; necessary
bulwark a defensive wall (literal or figurative)
malaise vague discomfort (bodily or emotional)
disingenuous insincere
crescendo gradual increase
intransigent uncompromising; refusing to moderate
dogged unrelenting; persistent
Created by: epurcell
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