Honors American Literature

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Honors American Literature Vocabulary #7 Honors American Literature

Clemency (n.) Mercy

Decry (v.) To criticize openly

Eschew (v.) To shun, avoid

Extant (adj.) Existing, not destroyed or lost

Fecund (adj.) Fruitful, fertile

Harangue (n.) Ranting speech

Impudent (adj.) Casually rude, insolent, impertinent

Inimical (adj.) hostile

Laconic (adj.) Terse in speech

morass (n.) A wet swampy bog; figuratively- something that traps and confuses

Obdurate (adj.) Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

Paucity (adj.) Small in quantity

Pithy (adj.) Concisely meaningful

Rancor (n.) Deep, bitter resentment

Rife (adj.) abundant

Sacrosanct (adj.) Holy, something that should not be criticized

Solipsistic (adj.) Believing that your own existence is the only thing that is real or that can be known

Surmise (v.) To infer with little evidence

Tacit ( adj.) Expressed without words

Variegated (adj.) Diversified

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