English 8
Terms
undefined, object
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- wrought
- elaborated; embellished
- fallacy
- a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc
- recalcitrant
- resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory
- eclectic
- not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc., but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems.
- guerilla
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- cower
- to crouch, as in fear or shame
- boisterous
- Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline.
- jaunty
- easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
- kaftan
- A full-length garment with elbow-length or long sleeves, worn chiefly in eastern Mediterranean countries.
- hypocrisy
- a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess
- vociferous
- crying out noisily
- laconic
- Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise
- mosque
- a Muslim temple or place of public worship
- secular
- of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal
- teeming
- abounding or swarming with something, as with people
- omniscient
- having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things
- Analogy
- a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
- plummet
- Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden
- decorum
- dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress
- impertinent
- intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil