Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT/ACT Book III — Lesson Twelve
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prestwickhouse on February 16, 2009
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AP English Ms Fay, Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT/ACT Book III, Mrs. Spray's English 11 Honors, English 11, Maddie's SAT Prep Class, IB Language and Literature Year One (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
halcyon | calm, pleasant |
fastidious | hard to please; fussy |
badinage | playful, teasing talk |
malapropism | a word humorously misused |
garner | to gather; to acquire |
kismet | destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life) |
hegira | flight, escape |
paradigm | a model; an example |
debauchery | corruption; self-indulgence |
milieu | environment; setting |
regress | to move in a backward direction |
bilious | bad tempered, cross |
necromancy | magic, especially that practiced by a witch |
gumption | courage and initiative; common sense |
blandishment | flattery |
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