vocabularty-thoreau and hawthorne
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Created by:
Solemra on December 17, 2009
Subjects:
thoreau, hawthorn, from waldren, civil disobedience, young goodman brown
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 obtrude | to impose something such as opinions or yourself on others |
| iteration | an instance or the act of doing something again |
| invidious | producing resentment or ill feeling |
| sedulous | working with great zeal and persistence |
| pertinacity | the quality of being persistent or tenacious |
| assiduously | undeviating in effort and car |
| carbuncle | a red gemstone |
| ethereal | very delicate or highly refined |
| expedient | appropriate, advisable, or useful in a situation that requires action |
| alacrity | promptness or eager and speedy readiness |
| leaven | to lighten the weight or mood of something |
| demagogue | leader who gains power by appealing to people's emotions rather than rationality |
| lyceum | building for public events |
| burgher | a citizen, especially a prosperous or conservative member of the middle calss |
| fatalist | somebody who believes in the philosophical doctrine of fatalism |
| gird | to prepare yourself for conflict or vigorous activity |
| fountainhead | the primary source of something abstract |
| covenant | a solemn agreement that is binding |
| scruple | a moral or ethical consideration |
| mirth | laughter; happiness or enjoyment |
| cognizance | knowledge or awareness of something |
| zenith | the hight point or climax of something |
| festoon | a garland, or ornamental chain or flowers or ribbons |
| benignant | kind, gracious in behaviour or appearance |
| similitude | being similar; likeness or resemblance |
| proselyte | somebody converted to a new belief |
| fervid | showing passionate enthusiasm |
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