Bluest Eye Vocab 1
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kobizzle33 on February 7, 2010
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26 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Fructify | to beat fruit, to make fruitful or productive |
| Strident | making or having a harsh sound, grating |
| Timbre | the characteristic quality of a sound |
| Furtive | sly, secretive |
| Unsullied | untarnished, unstained |
| Patently | obviously, evidently |
| Preen | to adorn (oneself) |
| Pristine | having original purity |
| Foist | to force another to accept |
| Chagrined | shamed |
| Schemata | underlying plans or structures |
| Mantle | a losse sleeveless cloack |
| Yearn | to desire strongly |
| Stultify | to make or cause to appear foolish |
| Dirge | a funeral song |
| Myriad | an indefinitely great number |
| Formalism | strict adherence to prescribed or traditional forms |
| Fray | fight, conflicy |
| Tacit | implied, unspoken but understood |
| Sullen | showing irritation by a gloomy silence |
| Slough | to dispose of, to shed or get rid of |
| Surfeited | indulged to excess |
| Epithet | a word or phrase used in place of the name of a person or thing |
| Acridness | a harsh or bitter taste or smell |
| Gargoyles | grotesque carved figure of a human/animal |
| Harridans | vicious, scolding old women |
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