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Honors American Literature
Vocabulary #7 Honors American Literature
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Clemency (n.) Mercy
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Decry (v.) To criticize openly
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Eschew (v.) To shun, avoid
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Extant (adj.) Existing, not destroyed or lost
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Fecund (adj.) Fruitful, fertile
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Harangue (n.) Ranting speech
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Impudent (adj.) Casually rude, insolent, impertinent
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Inimical (adj.) hostile
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Laconic (adj.) Terse in speech
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morass (n.) A wet swampy bog; figuratively- something that traps and confuses
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Obdurate (adj.) Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
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Paucity (adj.) Small in quantity
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Pithy (adj.) Concisely meaningful
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Rancor (n.) Deep, bitter resentment
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Rife (adj.) abundant
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Sacrosanct (adj.) Holy, something that should not be criticized
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Solipsistic (adj.) Believing that your own existence is the only thing that is real or that can be known
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Surmise (v.) To infer with little evidence
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Tacit ( adj.) Expressed without words
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Variegated (adj.) Diversified
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