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Vocab List C-6
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abnegation | self-denial, renunciation |
| allegory | the representaion in art of a deeper truth about the human condition |
| blase | weary or bored |
| contumely | rudeness; insolence; contempt |
| disabuse | to free from a falsehood or misconception |
| ensconce | to settle oneself securely and comfortably |
| epoch | an era; a particular period in history; a breakthrough |
| gloat | to take malicious pleasure or satisfaction |
| ingenuous | innocent; open or honest; candid |
| ludicrous | laughable; absurd |
| physiognomy | facial features, especially when regarded as revealing character |
| slavish | servile; blindly dependent on or imitative |
| surcease | to put and end, stop |
| ultimate | final in a series; greatest extreme |
| voyeurism | the obeserving of intimate acts, usually from a secret vantage point |