ABeka VSP5 - Vocab List 3 - 11th Grade
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- appurtenance
- Something that belongs to some other more important thing, though not essential to it
- diffidence
- Lack of self-confidence; timidity
- emulation
- Effort or desire to equal or surpass another
- exasperation
- Extreme annoyance or irritation, especially to the point of anger or frustrantion
- hallucination
- A compelling false perception of objects or sensations which lack reality or external cause
- indigence
- Want or neediness; straitened circumstances
- iridescence
- A rainbowlike display of varying and shifting colors
- ostentation
- Extravagant display intended to impress others or atract notice; vainglorious showiness
- refutation
- The act of proving the incorrectness or falsity of a statement
- repugnance
- Deep-seated aversion or antagonism; strong dislike
- affectation
- An artificial assumption of behavior or a manner of speech to impress others
- animation
- The quality of being lively, spirited, or vigorous