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Midterm Vocab
Vocabulary from AmLit midterm
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Literature
11th Grade
01/24/2011

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Appellation
Definition
Noun: A name or title that distinguishes or identifies.
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Neologism
Definition

Noun: A newly coined word, phrase or expression

Adjective: Neologistic

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Patois
Definition
Noun: Dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, esp a regional or uneducated form of speech.
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Solecism
Definition
Noun: Ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence; not proper
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Amulet
Definition
An object worn to bring luck
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Incantation
Definition
Noun: A set of words spoken as a magic charm; magic spell
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Serendipity
Definition

Noun: The ability to make valuable discoveries by chance; luck

Adjective: Serendipitous

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Vagary
Definition
Noun: A wild or unpredictable notion
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Continuity
Definition

Noun: The state of being without a stop or interruption

Verb: Continue

Adjective: Continuous

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Converge
Definition

Verb: To approach the same point from different directions

Noun: Convergence

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Initiate
Definition

Verb: To begin

Adjective: Initial

Noun: Initiation

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Subordinate
Definition

Noun: One subject to the authority of another

Adjective: Lower class, rank

Verb: To put in a lower class

Noun: Subordination

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Complicity
Definition
Noun: Involvement as an accomplice in a crime
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Deploy
Definition

Verb: To station systematically

Noun: Deployment

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Explicate
Definition

Verb: To explain, make clear

Noun: Explication

Adjective: Explicable

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Supple
Definition

Adjective: Readily bent, pliant (bendy.)

Adverb: Suppley

Noun: Suppleness

 

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Aspersions
Definition
Noun: Damaging or false statements
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Deprecate
Definition

Verb: To express disapproval, belittle

Noun: Deprecation

Adjective: Deprecatory

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Rebuke
Definition
Verb: To scold
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Vitriolic
Definition

Adjective: Bitterly severe, harsh, sharp

Noun: Vitriol

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