English 10 Honors Vocab 3

Derision - n. ridicule, mockery

Assimilating - v. absorbing, adapting, or changing to conform

Purged - v. freed from impurities, to get rid of whatever is undesirable

Myopia - n. a visual defect like nearsightedness

Pinnacle - n. highest point, towering part of a rock formation

Eclipsed - v. obscured, blocked from view

Excruciating - adj. extremely painful

Taut - adj. tight, with no slack, tense, strained

Effigy - n. a representation or image, a likeness

Luxuriance - n. growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.