3rd six weeks
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- satiric
- characterized by satire
- antiquity
- the quality of being ancient; ancient times
- expurgate
- to remove obscene or objectionable materials usually before publication
- disputations
- inclined to fight, to argue, or to debate
- congenial
- characterized by friendly sociability
- heralded
- announced or publicized
- panacea
- cure-all, remedy for all ills
- circumlocution
- talking around a subject
- deleterious
- harmful; dangerous; injurious
- defile
- to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute
- tacit
- understood, silent, not spoken, implicit
- terrestrial
- of the earth or pertaining to the earth
- delineation
- an outline, depiction, portrayal
- deft
- skillfull; adroit
- belligerent
- waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
- irresolute
- indecisive, unsure of how to proceed
- aggregate
- sum total, whole amount
- vagrant
- a wanderer who does not have a home
- sporadic
- occasionally occurring
- stalwart
- one who supports a cause with firm partisanship
- galling
- very irritating
- giddy
- dizzy
- affluent
- abounding in wealth; prosperous; flowing freely
- boon
- favorable; a blessing, a benefit
- civility
- polite and courteous behavior
- archipelago
- a group of islands
- copious
- abundant
- pungent
- sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid
- heterogeneity
- state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements
- fickle
- likely to change, capricious
- spurious
- false or deceitful
- embroil
- to entangle, to throw into confusion or strife
- resilient
- ability to return to a former state
- homely
- plain or unattractive in appearance
- dissemble
- to disguise, to pretend
- anomalous
- out of place, abnormal
- emulate
- to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation)
- dispatch
- to send away with promptness or speed; speed, quickness
- vivacious
- full of life, very animated
- diligent
- characterized by steady, attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study
- assent
- to agree or to concur, to give in, to yield; agreement
- tangential
- slightly connected, divergent
- flout
- to treat with contempt
- fetter
- to restrict by shackling or chaining
- blandishment
- flattery
- tractable
- capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled; obedient
- compliance
- a yielding; acquiescence
- succulent
- very juicy
- raucous
- loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly
- indigenous
- native to a certain area
- boorish
- rude or insensitive; ill-mannered
- whets
- stimulates, sharpens
- peruse
- to read or to examine
- prodigy
- one with exceptional talents or powers, an extraordinary accomplishment
- resolute
- characterized by a decided purpose
- ungainly
- awkward
- sagacious
- wise, shrewd, very discerning
- obfuscating
- confusing, making unclear
- ratify
- to give formal approval
- taper
- to decrease in thickness or width
- nuance
- a subtle distinction or difference
- repugnant
- disgusting, offensive
- gravity
- seriousness, importance
- indigence
- poverty
- virtuous
- having excellent morals; righteous
- jingoist
- an extreme patriot, usually calls for a belligerent foreign policy
- sectarian
- a member of a sect that is a faction with extreme beliefs
- indomitable
- incapable of being conquered
- migratory
- moving from place to place, wandering, transient
- mercurial
- changing unpredictable, fickle
- garner
- to gather together, to store up
- chasten
- to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior
- prostration
- a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome
- corrugated
- bent into folds
- emend
- to correct (usually by a critic)
- expedient
- appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just
- buffoon
- a clown, a silly or stupid person
- proclivity
- inclination, tendency
- adjunct
- something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it
- heretical
- contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards
- spiteful
- full of spite or malice; malicious; malevolent
- incantation
- a spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect
- slovenly
- messy, untidy, careless
- approbation
- official approval, praise, commendation
- chicanery
- unethical methods, trickery
- pious
- marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion
- censure
- to blame or condemn
- irreproachable
- faultless, not discreditable
- recalcitrant
- very stubborn, refusing to obey, unruly
- precipitate
- to cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong
- metaphorically
- compared nonliterally
- parry
- to deflect or to ward off a blow
- scapegoat
- one who takes the blame for others
- luscious
- very pleasant to the taste
- partisan
- one who exhibits extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause
- iconoclast
- one who attacks established beliefs or institutions
- rebuff
- to snub or to refuse bluntly
- transcended
- surpassed, exceeded
- contaminant
- something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes
- nomadic
- characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads