Lesson 1
Terms
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- delineate
- to describe vividly and in detail. to draw an outline of; to represent by drawing
- valedictory
- a farewell address, espically one given at a graduation ceremony. of or relating to such a farewell address
- trenchant
- expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perceptive
- coalesce
- to grow together; to unite to form a whole
- prescience
- foresight, knowledge beforehand of events
- acolyte
- a person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists, a follower
- declaim
- to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way
- bibulous
- give to the consumption of alcoholic drinks. highly absorbant
- covert
- not openly acknowledged; secret
- uptopia
- a place or state of a perfect social and political conditions
- obdurate
- resistant to persuasion; inflexible. persistent in wrongdoing
- sedulous
- completed with careful perseverance; diligent
- demagogue
- a leader who seeks power by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices and by making false claims and promises
- encomium
- an expression of warm and enthusiatic praise; a tribute
- protagonist
- the chief character in a drama or story