Vocabulary Ch. 10 - 12
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- to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result
- accure
- a critical or explanotory note or comment, espectially for a literay work
- annotation
- a state or scene of uproar and confusion
- bedlam
- hidde, disquised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; a sheltered place, a hiding place
- covert
- pleasant courteous lighthearted, smooth and polished in manner and appearance
- debonair
- to demand insistently, especially in payment of debt; a creditor; dark, dull, drab, dingy
- dun
- effective, producing results
- efficacious
- calmness, composure, refusal to panic
- equanimiity
- accidental, occuring by a happy chance
- fortuitous
- the essential part, main point, or essence
- gist
- freely given, not called for by circumstances, unwarranted
- gratuitous
- overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
- imperious
- a stong denunciation or condemnation; abusing language; abusive vituperative
- invective
- showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; a jester's costume; a jester
- motley
- extremely generous, lavish
- munificent
- to delay, put off until later
- procrastinate
- tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying
- provacativw
- exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
- recondite
- a dpraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; to disapprove of, condemn
- reprobate
- characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place
- sedentary
- moderate, sparing, characterized by self-discipline
- abstemious
- deserving of blame or correction
- censurable
- likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or condition; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body
- contingent
- to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
- corroborate
- an inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place
- denizen
- passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another; rambling, roving, nomadic
- discursive
- to scatter or spread widely
- disseminate
- poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
- dowdy
- highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
- florid
- to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
- foist
- awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
- gauche
- an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
- heresy
- to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
- inculcate
- capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
- palpable
- having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
- perceptive
- extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
- pernicious
- leaping, jumping or springing forth, prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
- salient
- to satify completely; to fill to excess; full, satisfied
- satiate
- to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the suface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe
- sear
- deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
- specious
- to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
- absolve
- a representation in which the subject's characteristic freature are deliberately exaggerated; to present somone or something in a deliberately distored way
- caricature
- a loud ringing sound; to make a loud ringing noise
- clangor
- side by side, touching, near; adjacent in time
- contiguous
- an eager desire for something; greed
- cupidity
- harmful, injurious
- deleterious
- to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of
- enhance
- to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave, to imprison
- enthrall
- to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
- extenuate
- implied or understood through unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning, potentially contained in
- implicit
- sharp, keen, penetrating
- incisive
- marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
- ostentatious
- a model of excellence or perfection
- paragon
- to restate in other words; a statement that presents a given idea in new language
- paraphrase
- prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient
- politic
- dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose not poetic
- prosaic
- extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush
- redundant
- making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or poius, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
- sanctimonious
- sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant
- scintillating
- charming attractive, pleasing
- winsome