ENG IV 1st Semester Esst. Words
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LStansbury on June 27, 2009
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abrogate | tto abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal |
| auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
| belie | to show to be false; contradict |
| chicanery | trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry |
| conjecture | an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation |
| consonance | Agreement; harmony; accord. Repetition of vowels |
| countenance | appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face |
| diffident | lacking confidence |
| egocentric | having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered |
| epiphany | A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization |
| ethnocentric | the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. |
| fatuous | foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly |
| gauche | lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless |
| homogeneous | composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind |
| incognito | having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, esp. to avoid notice or formal attentions. |
| incredulous | not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. |
| inculcate | to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly |
| Shakespearean sonnet | a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter |
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