IB Lit Vocab #8

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pander

exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others 

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otiose

 useless; futile 

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puerile

childish; juvenile

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aleatory

dependent on luck or chance 

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asperity

roughness or harshness; severity

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renunciation

rejection; refusal to acknowledge 

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unimpeachable

unquestionable; beyond doubt 

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inveigh

to disapprove angrily; to protest 

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lionize

to assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity 

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allay

to relieve; to alleviate 

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vitiate

to corrupt morally; to contaminate 

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recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant; showing opposition 

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exegesis

an explanation of a text; a critical interpretation 

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ameliorate

to make better; to improve 

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profligate

wasteful and immoral