Honors English Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ineffable | indescribable, unutterable, deep |
| frenetic | hectic, frantic |
| callow | childish |
| didactic | informative, educational |
| puerile | inexperienced, immature |
| largess | generosity |
| chagrin | disappointment, annoyance |
| assidous | constant, tireless |
| fecund | productive, bountiful |
| acrimonious | bitter, spiteful |
| grok | understand something intuitively or through empathy |
| caltrop | 4 pronged device used to impede pursuit |
| indolent | lazy |
| hegemony | domination, control |
| punctilious | precise |
| vociferous | loud, enthusiastic (negative) |
| sardonic | scornful, mocking, sarcastic |
| penury | poverty |
| endemic | widespread, common |
| pejorative | derogatory, negative, critical |
| obstreperous | noisy, loud (positive) |
| truculent | aggressive, ferocious |
| snollygoster | shrewd unprincipled person, politician |
| dactylonomy | the art of counting fingers |
| maudlin | sappy, sentimental |
| torper | inactivity, apathy |
| dilettante | amateur |
| panacea | cure-all, solution |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| insouciant | carefree |
| nihilism | lawlessness, anarchy |
| homily | lecture, sermon |
| impugn | to challenge or attack truth/integrity |
| inexorable | relentless, unyielding |
| rhinotillexomania | obsessive or habitual nose-picking |
| funambulist | tightrope walker |
| Aesthetic sense of place | Emotional response to scenic beauty. It is in the eye of the beholder |
| Individual sense of place | Personal attachment to a place. Defines who one is as a person. |
| Instrumental sense of place | Where natural resources are managed to provide benefits. (Bonneville Dam) |
| Cultural sense of place | There is symbolic, spiritual, historic, and or cultural significance for a person or group |
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