December Word of the Day
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eenie03894 on January 10, 2010
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AP English Language & Composition
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 insouciance | n blithe lack of concern; nonchalance |
| pellucid | adj 1. allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent 2. clear or limpid 3. clear in meaning, expression or style |
| crepuscular | adj 1. of, pretaining to; or rembling twilight; diml indistinct 2. appearing or active in the twilight |
| banal | adj devoid of freshness or orginiality; hackeyed; trite |
| pernicious | adj 1. causing insidious harm or ruin, ruinour; injurious; hurtful 2. deadly, fatal 3. obsolete; evil; wicked |
| gloaming | n twilight; dusk |
| iconoclast | n 1. a breaker or destroyer of imagesl esp those set up for religious veneration 2. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions etc as being based on error or supersition |
| imbroglio | n 1. a misunderstanding, disagreement etc of a complicated or bitter nature as between persons or nations 2. an intricate and perplexing state of affairs, a complicated or difficult situation 3. a confused heap |
| glib | adj 1. readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially or insincerely so 2. easy or unconstrained as actions or manners |
| serendipity | n 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident 2. good, furtune, luck |
| repudiate | v 1. to reject as having no authority or binding force 2. to cast off or disown 3. to reject with disapproval or condemnation 4. to reject with denial 5. to refuse to acknowledge and pay |
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