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unit 3
drake trinity
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Literature
11th Grade
09/11/2010

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Term
articulate
Definition

To pronounce distinctly

 

Few people can articulate their emotions during times of stress.

 

Syn:  pronounce

Term
cavort
Definition

to romp or prance around exuberantly

synonym:  gambol

The actors in the musical cavort on stage.

Term
credence
Definition

belief, mental acceptance

 

The government and the public failed to give credence to the reports of an impending water shortage.

 

syn:  trust

Term
decry
Definition

to condemn

 

Every arm of government and every educational institution should decry bigotry in all its form.

 

syn:  devalue

Term
dissemble
Definition

to disguise or conceal

 

The young man was unable to dissemble his feelingsand admitted to committing the crime.

 

syn:  mask

Term
distraught
Definition

very agitated or upset as a result of emotion

 

The workforce  became distraught in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash.

 

syn:  frantic

Term
eulogy
Definition

a formal statement  of commendation; high praise

 

The long time friend of the deceasded delivered the eulogy.

 

syn:  tribute

Term
evince
Definition

to display clearly

 

The crowd did not evince any signs of panic but moved in an orderly fashion to the nearest exit.

 

syn:  exhibit

Term
exhume
Definition

to remove from a grave

 

Suspected foul play, the medical examiner issued an order to exhume the body.

 

Syn:  uncover

Term
feckless
Definition

ineffective; weak

 

Although a feckless youth,  he eventually matured into a hard-working responsible youth.

 

syn:  helpless

Term
murky
Definition

dark and gloomy

 

Many visitors have claimed to see a mysterious creature in the murky waters of Loch Ness in Scotland.

 

syn:  dark and cloudy

Term
nefarious
Definition

devoid of moral standards

 

Brutus and Cassius hatched a nefarious plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on the steps of the Roman Senate.

 

syn:  reprehensible

Term
piquant
Definition

stimulating to the taste or mind

 

The chef was an expert in making those piquant dishes that are characteristic of SOuth Indian cooking.

 

syn:  tangy

Term
primordial
Definition

developed or created at the very beginning   

 

The primordial stages of most civilizations are founded on common needs met by common goals.

 

syn:  orginal

Term
propinquinty
Definition

nearness in place or time

 

The propinquinty of the two cities has created a greter metropolitan area that in effect is one city.

 

syn:  similiarity

Term
unwonted
Definition

not usual or expected

 

The listless student answered with unwonted spirit when the subject of the military tactics was raised.

 

syn:  unusual

Term
utopian
Definition

founded upon or involving a visionary view ot an ideal world;  impractical

 

A number of American religious groups like the SHakers have built seperate communites based on utopian schemes.

 

syn:  idealistic

Term
verdant
Definition

green in tint or color; immature

 

The tourists on safari traveled over the verdant grasslands of Kenya in search of native wildlife.

 

Syn:  naive

 

 

Term
verbiage
Definition

language that is too wordy

 

The contract was full of meaningless verbiage that seemed designed to confuse the lay person.

 

syn:  jargon

Term
viscous
Definition

gluey quality

 

The varnish left a viscous residue on the wood that was hard to remove.

 

syn;  sticky

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