English III Vocab
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msShanelle93 on September 7, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acumen | keen sight |
| adamant | unyielding, absolutely firm |
| anomaly | deviation from the usual, out of the ordinary |
| antipathy | dislike of, hatred for |
| apathy | lack of feeling, absence of emotion |
| assiduous | constant, persistent |
| autonomous | self-governing, independent of outside control |
| banal | trite, commonplace, uninspired |
| candor | frankness, outspokenness |
| caprice | a whim, an unmotivated decision |
| castigate | severely criticize |
| chicanery | trickery, subterfuge |
| depraved | incorrigibly evil |
| discursive | rambling, disgressive |
| dissonance | discord, unharmonious effects |
| dour | sour, sullen, gloomy |
| ebullient | full of enthusiasm, bubbling with energy |
| ecstatic | overpowered by delight |
| enervate | deprive of nervous energy, weaken |
| engender | cause, produce |
| ephemeral | short lived, fleeting |
| esoteric | hidden, secret |
| expiate | atone for, make amends for |
| fiasco | compelete, utter faliure |
| flaccid | flabby, weak |
| laconic | brief, terse |
| latent | unrevealed, unused |
| lethargic | sluggish, drowsily lazy |
| lugubrious | ridiculously sorrowful, mournful |
| moribund | dying, ending |
| myopic | near sighted |
| obstreperous | boisterous, unruly |
| parsimonious | excessively frugal, penny pinching |
| perfidious | traitorous, treacherous |
| perfunctory | mechanicical, indifferent |
| perspicuity | clearness, lucidity |
| polemic | controversy, argumentative debate |
| procrastinate | postpone, put off |
| prototype | model, pattern |
| regressive | going backwards |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| sententious | full of old sayings |
| tacit | unexpressed but understood |
| tenuous | thin, unsubstantial, flimsy |
| turgid | swollen, bombastic |
| ubiquitous | everywhere at the same time |
| unctuous | oily, overly suave |
| vapid | empty, dull |
| voluptuous | sensual, pleasure loving, giving |
| wry | indirect, twisted |
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