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Senior English - Lesson 8
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| bedlam | a place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion |
| bowderize | a) to censor prudishly, b) to modify or abridge, as by shortening, simplifying, or skewing content |
| chauvinism | a) a prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, groujp, or kind, b) fanatical patriotism; the glorification of one's country |
| draconian | exceedingly harsh; very severe |
| martinet | a) a rigid military disciplinarian, b) one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules |
| maudlin | effusively or tearfully sentimental; overly emotional |
| mesmerize | a) to spellbind; to enthrall, b) to hypnotize |
| silhouette | a) a drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color, b) an outline that apprears dark against a light background, c) to cause to be seen as a silhouette; to outline |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| titanic | having enormous size, strength, power, or influence |
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Canton South High School |
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