Vocab Unit 2-2
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brittanyhobbs on January 25, 2011
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ap english literature and composition
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hindrance | an obstacle; impediment |
| cognizant | aware; conscious |
| expedient | self-serving; convenient |
| lavish | extravagant; overly luxurious |
| negligent | careless |
| scrutinize | to examine; to inspect |
| kindle | to stir up; arouse |
| appall | to horrify; dismay |
| ludicrous | laughable; ridiculous |
| commiserate | to sympathize; express compassion |
| duplicity | deliberate deceptiveness; deceit |
| equivocal | open to more than one interpretation and often intended to mislead |
| uniform | all or always the same; without variety |
| contract | to reduce in size; become compressed |
| clamor | a loud outcry; hubbub |
| untenable | unable to be held or defended; unsupportable |
| stagnant | not moving; not flowing; motionless |
| vilify | to make abusive statements about |
| rescind | to repeal; take back |
| irresolute | uncertain how to think or act; undecided |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity; not genuine |
| desultory | moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| affable | friendly; easy to get along with |
| irascible | easily angered; irritable |
| opaque | difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible |
| recapitulate | to summarize or repeat briefly |
| obtuse | slow to understand; dull |
| paucity | a scarcity; an insufficiency |
| garbled | mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible |
| accolade | praise |
| edifice | a building, especially of large, imposing size |
| infraction | a breaking of a law or rule |
| diatribe | a bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing |
| assuage | to relieve; lessen |
| somber | solemn; sad and depressing; melancholy |
| censure | blame; a rebuke |
| gravity | severity; weighty importance |
| profane | showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things |
| cacophony | harsh, discordant sounds |
| enmity | hatred; hostility |
| peruse | to examine; read with great care |
| erroneous | mistaken; in error |
| recluse | a person who leads a solitary life; someone who withdraws from others |
| blasphemy | disrespect toward something sacred or important; irreverence |
| renounce | to reject; give up; cast off |
| languish | to lose strength; fail in health; be weak |
| incite | to stir up |
| heretic | a person who holds unpopular or unaccepted beliefs; dissenter; nonconformist |
| garner | to collect; to gather |
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