AICE English Lit. Vocab. 2
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Orion27182 on September 6, 2012
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Petulant | ill humor; irritable, cranky |
| Inveigle | to tempt or persuade by using deception or flattery |
| Assuage | to soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy/ease/lessen |
| Castigate | to criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting wrongdoing |
| Pied | multi-colored, especially of more than one color in patches |
| Desiccate | to dry out completely |
| Surfeit | an overabundant amount, especially overindulgence in eating and drinking |
| Accolade | an award; an honor; approval, praise |
| Grandiloquent | attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures |
| Dromedary | a one-humped domesticated camel |
| Caucus | a meeting of the members of a political party to make decisions; to assemble in or hold a caucus |
| Ubiquitous | the quality of being everywhere (or seeming to be) at the same time |
| Insouciant | calm and carefree; lighthearted |
| Cajole | to wheedle, coax, or persuade someone into doing something they don't want to do |
| Sundry | various, several, miscellaneous |
| Truncate | to shorten by cutting off |
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