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English Vocab Week 2

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vernacularnative language or dialect of a country or region; everyday or informal language; using everyday language
rhetonicalthe effective use of workds designed to be impressive showy and oratorical
proactivestinulating; pushing or tending twoard action, thought or strong feeling
accentuateto emphasize; to heighten the effect of; to pronounce or mark with an accent
Intricatecondition or state of being complex, involved or detailed; elaborateness
introspectivegiven to examination of one's own thoughts and feelings; contemplative
felicitouswell chosen for the occasion; appropriate; apt; having an agreeable or delightful manner of writing or speaking
usurpto take(power, rights, position, etc) by force, wrongfully or without rights
comprehensiveof wide scope, inclusive; thorough
ambiguoushaving more than one possible meaning; uncertain; vague or unclear
prologueintroductory lines of a play; the preface to a literary work; an introductory or preceding event
conjecturean opinion withour proof; guesswork; to spectulate; to guess
tersebrief and to the point (in writing or speaking) concise
misanthropean individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings
allegorya symbolic storu in which people, settings or actions represent ideas or maral qualities
dissolutelacking moreal restraint; very wicked; immoral; undisciplined
protaganistthe main character in a stroy or play; a person who plays a leading or active part in something
despicablecontemptible; deserving of score; vile
incongruitiesnot suitable or appropriate; not consistent; not conforming to a pattern
ferocitythe quality or state of being fierce, savage or relentless


Teacher
East Burke High School
Connelly Springs, NC

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