| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Assimilationism | n. belief that minority cultures should dissolve into a dominant culture |
| Exasperated | adj. irritated; provoked; irked |
| Furtive | adj. stealthy; sly; secretive |
| Futile | adj. useless |
| Haphazard | adj. without care; characterized by chance |
| Heathenism | n. "religion" of those who don't believe in God or are uncivilized |
| Insinuate | v. to imply or suggest |
| Tentative | adj. uncertain |
| Vehement | adj. marked by intense force or emotion |
| Vindicate | v. to clear of accusation, blame or doubt |
| Cliché | adj. or n. trite or overused expression or idea |
| Coquettish | adj. in a manner befitting a woman who flirts with men |
| Defile | v. to make unclean, impure |
| Deleterious | adj. harmful |
| Denounce | v. to criticize publicly |
| Eccentric | adj. deviating from the established norm |
| Forlorn | adj. pitiful; desperate; hopeless |
| Mutilated | adj. maimed; damaged |
| Oscillate | v. to sway from one side to another |
| Rebuff | v. refuse |
| Amiable | adj. friendly; good natured |
| Exuberant | adj. overjoyed |
| Innocuous | adj. harmless; inoffensive |
| Instigate | v. to urge, goad |
| Ludicrous | adj. laughably ridiculous |
| Ominous | adj. threatening; menacing |
| Placate | v. to ease the anger of, soothe |
| Repentant | adj. sorry, penitent |
| Solipsistic | adj. believing that oneself is all that exists |
| Wrought | v. shaped; made |
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