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1 Honors American Literature
Vocabulary #7 Honors American Literature

2 Clemency (n.) Mercy

3 Decry (v.) To criticize openly

4 Eschew (v.) To shun, avoid

5 Extant (adj.) Existing, not destroyed or lost

6 Fecund (adj.) Fruitful, fertile

7 Harangue (n.) Ranting speech

8 Impudent (adj.) Casually rude, insolent, impertinent

9 Inimical (adj.) hostile

10 Laconic (adj.) Terse in speech

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

12 Obdurate (adj.) Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

13 Paucity (adj.) Small in quantity

14 Pithy (adj.) Concisely meaningful

15 Rancor (n.) Deep, bitter resentment

16 Rife (adj.) abundant

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

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

19 Surmise (v.) To infer with little evidence

20 Tacit ( adj.) Expressed without words

21 Variegated (adj.) Diversified

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