English 10 Honors Vocab 3

Derision- ridicule, mockery

Assimilating- absorbing, adapting or changing to conform

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

Myopia- a visual defect like nearsightedness

Pinnacle- highest point, towering part of a rock formation

Eclipsed- obscured, block from view

Excruciating- extremely painful

Taut- tight, with no slack, tense, strained

Effigy- a representation or image, a likeness

Luxuriance- growth or productiveness, rich abundance, lushness