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Restoration Vocabulary ("Rape of the Lock")
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| affectation | (n.), an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed |
| coquette | (n.), a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men in order to win their affection; a flirt |
| cull | (v.), to choose, select or pick—especially the best parts; (n.), something set aside as inferior |
| dejected | (adj.), depressed in spirits; disheartened |
| denizen | (n.), an inhabitant or resident; one who frequents a particular place |
| ethereal | (adj.), light, airy, or delicate; heavenly or celestial |
| malady | (n.), a disease, disorder, or infirmity |
| ogle | (v.), to eye amorously or provocatively with greedy or interested attention |
| omen | (n.), an occurrence or phenomenon believed to portend a future event |
| pious | (adj.), showing reverence for a person or thing; dutiful (esp. pertaining to religion); worthy |
| prostrate | (adj.), lying flat; stretched out facedown, often in adoration or submission |
| pungent | (adj.), sharply painful; strong or bitter in taste or odor |
| timorous | (adj.), timid and cautious in disposition |
| transient | (adj.), passing through or existing only briefly; (n.) a traveling person |
| trivial | (adj.), of little worth or significance |
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AP English Literature & Composition, AP English Language & Composition, Writing Center |
Lincoln-Way West High School |
| New Lenox, IL |
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