Week 5 SLA Vocab

Advocate

To recommend, support, or advise, one who advocates

Amalgamate

To combine or to mix together

Anachronism

Something old-fashioned

Cacophony

Loud and chaotic noise

Calumny

Lie or slander

Chauvinist

Someone who believes prejudicially that their own group is the superior one

Chicanery

Trickery or deception

Connoisseur

An expert in a particular subject matter area, usually relating to the fine arts or cultural pursuits

Cosmopolitan

Of or relating to a city or urban area, sophisticated

Craft

Cunning, skill

Dirge

Funeral or mourning lament, any sad, slow song

Eschew

Avoid or abstain from

Exigent

Urgent or pressing

Exposition

A thorough explanation, a public show or fair

Intimate

Close (as in a relationship), particularly private

Nonplussed

Confused and baffled

Occlude

To block or obstruct

Occult

The mystical and supernatural

Partisan

A devoted supporter of a group, cause, or person

Tirade

An angry rant