AM Lit Vocab

Etherized

to anesthetize someone with ether

Extricated

free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty

Burgeoning

expanding or growing rapidly

Parochial

limited in range or scope, narrow, provincial

Colloquial

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Expatriate

someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

Overtly

openly or publicly

Dadaism

An artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s that attacked all accepted standards of art and behavior and delighted in outrageous conduct.

Avant-garde

Ahead of the times, especially in the arts

Juxtapose

to place side by side

Bracken

large coarse fern often several feet high

Clematis

vines

Carbuncle

a cluster of connected furuncles (boils)

Deferential

showing respect

Hoary

very old; whitish or gray from age

Didactic

intended to instruct

Amalgam

a combination of diverse elements; a mixture

Braceleted

(adj) state of having many bracelets on one's arms or ankles.

Flux

flowing; a continuous moving

Sardonic

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic