SAAS Fall Tri Comprehensive Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accolade | (n) an award; an honor |
| Archaic | (adj) extremely old; outdated |
| Arduous | (adj) hard; difficult |
| Fortuitous | (adj) accidental; occurring by chance |
| Exalt | (v) to raise high; to glorify |
| Adulation | (n) wild or excessive admiration; flattery |
| Ethereal | (adj) heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether |
| Benefactor | (n) one who provides help, often in the form of a gift or donation |
| Harbinger | (n) a signal of; a forerunner |
| Artifice | (n) clever trick; cunning |
| Patriarch | (n) the male head of a family or tribe |
| Propriety | (n) properness; good manners |
| Artful | (adj) crafty, wily, sly |
| veracity | (n) truthfulness |
| Squander | (v) to waste |
| respite | (n) a period of rest or relief |
| laud | (v) to praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate |
| Lament | (v) to mourn |
| Mendicant | (n) beggar |
| Guile | (n) cunning; duplicity; artfulness |
| Audacity | (n) boldness; reckless daring; impertinence |
| Callow | (adj) immature |
| diffident | (adj) timid; lacking in self-confidence |
| foible | (n) a minor character flaw |
| Impetuous | (adj) Impulsive; extremely impatient |
| Address | (v) to speak to; to direct one's attention to |
| cliche | (n) an over used saying or idea |
| genre | (n) a type or category, especially of art or writing |
| novel | (adj) new; original |
| hyperbole | (n) an exaggeration used as a figure of speech; exaggeration |
| maverick | (n) a non-conformist; a rebel |
| ironic | (adj) meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean |
| lucid | (adj) easy to understand, clear |
| malaise | (n) a feeling of depression; uneasiness, or queasiness |
| protagonist | (n) a leading character in a play; leader or a champion |
| anecdote | (n) a short account of humorous or revealing incident |
| introspective | (adj) tending to think about ones self; examining one's feelings |
| succinct | (adj) brief and to the point; concise |
| Vernacular | (n) everyday speech; slang; idiom |
| Tangible | (adj) touchable; palpable |
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