Set: Danforth Groups 1-5 Vocabulary

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TermDefinition
Travestya ridiculous or absurd imitation
Tersedirect or to the point
Treatisea long formal work
Subsidiarya company owned by a larger company
Substantiateto prove true, to verify, or to confirm
Impunityfreedom or exemption from punishment
Stinta period of assosciation or employment
Stipplingan arrangement of dots
Tenuousweak, insubstantial, or flimsy
Emaciatedsickly thin, extremely thin
Tenurea period of assosciation
Stringentharsh, rigid, or severe
Stupora state of surprise or awe
Subservientsubmissive or inferior
Impassea deadlock or stalemate
Impeccableperfect or flawless
Impecuniouspoor or bankrupt
Translucentclear or transparent
Therapeutichealing or curing
Titularhonorary or symbolic
Teemto overflow
Temporalworldy or secular
Temporizeto update or modernize
Tenablebelievable or defendable
Tortuoustwisting or winding
Transcendto rise above or exceed
Transienttemporary, short-lived, or brief
Improviseto make up off hand
Allegationan unproved assertion
Teneta major or important belief
Commiserateto express sympathy or sorrow
Allayto calm or soothe or to make less severe
Ineffableindescribable or unable to be put into words
Fetidfoul smelling or stinking
Iridescentbright colored or shiny
Primordialof the earliest ages
Apatheticindifferent or unconcerned
Agglomerationa mass, group, or cluster
Sequesterto seclude or isolate
Licentiouswithout moral restraint
Stridenta shrill or grating sound
Immutableunable to be changed
Impalpableabstract
Importuneto beg or plead
Impregnableunconquerable, secure, and unyielding
Improvidentwasteful, reckless
Superficialshallow, lacking depth, and lacking insight
Superfluousunnecessary or not needed
Supernumeraryan extra of something
Supplelimber or compliant

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Terms 50
Creator FRuta11
Created September 29, 2009
Group Brophy College Preparatory Class of 2011
Subject AP English III
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The vocabulary terms from Vocab Groups 1-5; these may not be the best or the most common definitions of these words, but these are the ones that Danforth told us in class.

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  1. Tenuous weak, insubstantial, or flimsy - 44 misses
  2. Impecunious poor or bankrupt - 41 misses
  3. Impunity freedom or exemption from punishment - 32 misses
  4. Licentious without moral restraint - 32 misses
  5. Substantiate to prove true, to verify, or to confirm - 30 misses
  6. Tenable believable or defendable - 30 misses
  7. Stringent harsh, rigid, or severe - 29 misses