Semester 2 Vocab + Literary Terms

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Blanch

To take the color out

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Auspicious

Favorable; promising

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Courtesan

A prostitute with a wealthy, upper class clientele

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Benign

Kind and gentle

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Mollify

To calm or soothe

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Raffish

Marked by a flashy vulgarity or crudeness

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Attenuate

Reduce the force, effect, or value of

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Dubious

Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

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Implicit

Implied; though not plainly expressed

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Apprehensive

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will occur

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Indubitably

Unquestionable, without doubt

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Spurious

Not genuine

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Astute

Shrewd; clever

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Clandestine

Secretive

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Smolder

Burn slowly with smoke but no flame

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Methodical

Done according to a systemic or established form of procedure

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Improvident

Not having or showing foresight; spendthrift

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Gaudy

Extravagantly bright or showy

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Spasmodic

Done in brief irregular bursts

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Auxiliary

Providing additional or supplemental support

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Disingenuous

Not straightforward; crafty

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Ruse

A crafty trick

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Promulgate

Promote or to make widely known

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Surreptitiously

Done by secretive means

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Endow

Provide with an asset

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Lurid

Presented using very vivid details, especially giving explicit details of crime or sexual exploits

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Feign

Pretend to be impacted by something

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Ambivalent

Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

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Dissonant

Lacking harmony

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Baying

To bark or howl loudly

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Capricious

Impulsive and unpredictable

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Stolid

Calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation

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Coquettish

Flirtatious; behaving in a way to show playful sexual attraction

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Affectation

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

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Whimsical

Playfully quaint or fanciful

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Antithetical

Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

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Ignominy

Public shame or disgrace

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Enmity

Mutual hatred

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Xenophobic

A fear or dislike of anything foreign

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Zeal

Great enthusiasm for an object or cause

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Inconsequential

Unimportant

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Blithely

A cheerful indifference that others might seem as calloused

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Tenuous

Having little substance or strength

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Epitomize

To embody the essential characteristics of a trait

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Assiduous

Hard-working

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Harbinger

A precursor or forerunner

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Galvanize

To energize and stir to action

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Dogged

Stubbornly preserving

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Intrepid

Courageous

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Pinioned

Tie or hold the arms or legs of someone

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Maverick

One who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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Obdurate

Stubborn; inflexible

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Gallantry

An act of marked courtesy; courteous attention to a lady

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Altruistic

Characterized by unselfish concerns for the welfare of others

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Reticent

Reluctant to publicly discuss one’s thoughts/feelings/personal affairs

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Analogous

Characterized by a parallel similarity that permits the drawing of an analogy

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Proliferate

To grow or increase rapidly

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Mercurial

Unpredictable and given to constantly shifting

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Diffidently

Hesitant in speaking or acting due to low self-confidence

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Earnest

Resulting from or showing intense or sincere conviction

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Vitality

Energy; power to survive

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Assimilation

To absorb; to make similar

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Consensus

General agreement

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Derived

Copied or adapted from a source

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Incumbent

Imposed as a duty; obligatory

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Placate

To make someone less angry or hostile

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Malleable

Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced

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Subdue

To restrain; to hold back

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Myopic

Shortsighted; lacking foresight

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Epitomize

To embody the essential characteristics of a trait

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Innate

Possessed from birth

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Inveterate

Long established; deep-rooted

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Conundrum

A confusing and difficult problem or question

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Foster

To promote the development of something

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Hijab

A head covering worn by some Muslim women in public

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Eulogize

To praise with eloquent words

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Criterion

A standard of judging something

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Indignant

Characterized by outrage caused by something perceived as unjust or wrong

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Reprobate

A person who is depraved, unprincipled, and wicked

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Heretic

A person who opposes accepted and established beliefs

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Stoic

Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

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Condemn

To express strong disapproval of; denounce

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Disparage

To speak of in a slighting way or negatively

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Pejorative

Words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively about someone

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Vilify

To make a vicious statement about

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Brusque

Rudely abrupt

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Caustic

Bitingly sarcastic or witty

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Fractious

Quarrelsome; unruly

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Incorrigible

Unable to be reformed

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Ingrate

An ungrateful person

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Insolent

Insulting in manner or speech

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Brittle

Easily broken

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Deleterious

Having a harmful effect; injurious

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Ire

An expression of strong anger

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Shelve

To put aside and postpone

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Heinous

Hatefully evil

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Smart

Elegant and stylish in manner or dress

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Dispel

To drive away or scatter

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Transient

Temporary; short-lived

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Transitory

Not permanent

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