Mr. Ross - Womens Lit Vocab test

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	Term	Definition
	altruism	the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
	amalgamated	caused to combine or unite
	ambiguity	unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
	amicably	nicely or gently
	asunder	into parts or pieces
	contrive	come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
	discernment	the trait of judging wisely and objectively
	ephemeral	enduring a very short time
	epicurean	a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
	espouse	take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
	extraneous	not essential
	fortuitous	occurring by happy chance
	incipient	beginning to exist
	incumbent	imposed as a duty; obligatory
	indolent	lazy
	innocuous	harmless
	malleable	capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
	obsequious	attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
	ostensibly	from appearances alone
	providential	peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
	subversive	in opposition to a civil authority or government
	superfluous	more than is needed, desired, or required
	surmise	infer from incomplete evidence
	vacillation	changing location by moving back and forth
	vacuous	empty
	vicarious	felt or experienced second-hand
	conjecture	to guess, to deduce, infer
	acrimoniously	ill-naturedly
	acquiesced	accepted; complied with
	effaced	erased

For the test on October 11, 2007. These are words from House of Mirth!

jalenack : Changed surmise → a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence to surmise → infer from incomplete evidence

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