Set: Week 1 Vocab - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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TermDefinition
scrupulouslyprecise or exact
listlesshaving no spirit; characterized by unwillingingness to try
sunderingto break apart
tumultviolent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar
waywardturned away from what's right or proper; willful; disobedient
ordinationarrangement; the act of arranging
uncouthawkward, clumsy, unmannerly. strange, or ungraceful
commiserationto pity; to sympathize
lucideasily understood
embayedTo put, shelter, or detain
nebuloushazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
banteran exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks
sovereigntyrightful status, independence
artificera person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor
impalpabledifficult for the mind to grasp
tremulousvibratory, shaking, or quivering
jetsamCargo thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress
subterfugeA deceptive stratagem or device
wantonnessdeliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong
languorphysical weakness or faintness

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Terms 20
Creator jkrevitz
Created September 16, 2008
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Subjects english vocab, jkrevitz, wilman, portrait, of, the, artist, as, young, man, 9th, grade, krevitz
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  1. languor physical weakness or faintness - 7 misses
  2. commiseration to pity; to sympathize - 5 misses
  3. scrupulously precise or exact - 4 misses
  4. artificer a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor - 3 misses
  5. nebulous hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused - 3 misses
  6. listless having no spirit; characterized by unwillingingness to try - 3 misses
  7. subterfuge A deceptive stratagem or device - 2 misses