Vocab Unit 7
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Livyaa38 on October 19, 2011
Subjects:
ap english language and composition
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adventitious | adj. Happening or carried on by change rather than on purpose; accidental |
| aver | v. To state or assert to be the case or truth |
| capitulate | v. To surrender; to cease resisting to |
| consternation | n. Feelings of anxiety or dismay often at something unexpected |
| enmity | n. The state or feeling of being actively opposed |
| foment | v. To instigate; generally a negative connotation |
| hackneyed | adj. Overused, usually in terms of phrases or ideas |
| languid | adj. Lacking energy or vitality; showing little or no animation |
| martial | adj. Of, relating to, or like war or fighting |
| portent | v. To serve as a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous, is about to happen |
| propriety | n. Conformity to generallly current usages and customs |
| recapitulate | v. To repeat in concise form; to summarize; to reiterate |
| surreptitious | adj. Kept secret because it would not be approved of |
| transmute | v. To change from one nature, form, substance or state into another |
| veracity | n. Conformity to fact |
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