ELA Vocab List 3

Austere

severe or stern in appearance; undecorated

Banal

Predictable or boring

Belfry

A bell tower

Chauvinist

Someone who is prejudiced in favor to a group he or she belongs

Corroborate

To support with evidence

Crescendo

Steadily increasing in volume, force, or pitch to a terminal peak

Dissemble

To present a false appearance or to disguise one’s real intentions

Emulate

To copy; to try to equal or excel

Expurgate

To censor or edit by omitting arts considered indelicate

Fecund

Fertile, fruitful, or productive

Frugality

Tending to be thrifty or cheap

Grovel

To humble oneself in a demeaning way (begging)

Guile

Deceit or trickery

Hegemony

The domination of one state or group over its allies

Luminous

Bright, brilliant, or glowing

Nascent

Starting to develop or coming into existence

Parley

To discuss, usually between enemies

Sanguine

Cheerfully optimistic or ruddy

Sportive

Frolicsome or playful

Stratagem

A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end