American Lit 10
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SupwithyouSammie on May 3, 2010
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Vocab set 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acquiesce | to agree or express agreement |
| allure | the power to entice or attract through personal charm |
| askew | turned or twisted to one side |
| blithe | carefree and happy and lighthearted |
| contentious | involving or likely to cause controversy |
| covet | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) |
| crestfallen | brought low in spirit |
| disheveled | in disarray |
| exponent | someone who expounds and interprets or explains |
| garrulous | full of trivial conversation |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted or excelled |
| lamentable | a word for mournful |
| misnomer | an incorrect or unsuitable name |
| profess | state insincerely |
| respite | a pause from doing something (as work) |
| retribution | the act of correcting for your wrongdoing |
| sinuous | curved or curving in and out |
| sonorous | full and loud and deep |
| vanguard | the position of greatest advancement |
| wastrel | someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently |
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