AP Lit Week 4
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moriahlapointe on September 11, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ameliorate | v. to make or become better or more satisfactory; improve |
| apostate | n. a person who renunciates one's faith |
| behest | n. a command or directive |
| calumnious | adj. involving or using a false statement designed to injure a reputation |
| caveat | n. a warning or caution; admonition |
| circlet | n. a ring, or ring shaped ornament |
| eloquence | n. the ability to use language with fluency and aptness |
| enamored | v. to fill or inflame with love, charm |
| erudite | adj. characterized by knowledge gained through studying |
| loquacious | adj. talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative |
| lugubrious | adj. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner |
| mellifluous | adj. sweetly or smoothly flowing |
| obliquities | n. immorality or dishonesty |
| omnipotent | n. the quality or state of being all powerful |
| orb | n. a sphere or globe |
| pious | adj. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God |
| promontory | n. a high point of land or rock projecting into water beyond the line of coast; headland |
| prostrate | adj. utterly dejected; disconsolate |
| querulous | adj. full of complaints; complaining; carping |
| reciprocal | adj. given or felt, each by the other |
| sceptre | n. a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power |
| vapid | adj. lacking spirit or interest, dull |
| vilify | v. to make vile |
| visage | n. the face, usually with reference to the shape, features, expression |
| vitiated | v. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil |
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