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Midterm Vocab Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Efficacy | Effectiveness, power |
| Perfunctory | Unenthusiatic, cursory |
| Annul | Cancelled, nullified |
| Eminent | Distinguished, high ranking |
| Quarry | Target, hunted game |
| Rebuff | Snub, reject |
| Heresy | Fallacy, dissenting belief |
| Ingratiating | Charming, flattering |
| Increment | Increase, step up on a salary scale |
| Magical realism | A narrative technique that blurs the distinction between fantasy and reality |
| Furtively | Secretly |
| Ostentatious | Showy, pretentious |