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Vocab lesson 1(sophomore)

AB
vernacularthe native language or dialect of a country or region; everyday or informal language
rhetoricalthe effective use of words designed to be impressive; showy and oratorical
provocativestimulating; pushing or tending toward action, thought, or strong feeling
accentuateto emphasize; to heighten the effect of; to pronounce or mark with an accent
intricaycondition or state of being complex, involvec, or detailed; contemplative
introspectivegiven to examination of one's own thoughts and feelings; contemplative
felicitouswell chosen for the occasion; appropriate, apt; having an agreeable or delightful manner or writing or speaking
usurpingto take by force, wrongfully, or without rights
comprehensiveof wide scope; inclusive, throrough
ambiguoushaving more then one possible meaning, uncertain; vague or unclear
prologueintroductory lines of a play; the preface to literary work; an introductory or preceding event
conjecturean opinion without proof; guesswork
tersebrief and to the point; concise
misanthropean individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings
allegorya symbolic story in which people, settings, or actions represent ides or moral qualities
dissolutelacking moral restraint; very wicked; immoral
protagonistthe main character in a story or play
despicablecontemptible, deserving of scorn; vile
incongruousnot suitable or apporpriate; not consistent; not conforming to a pattern
ferocitythe quality or state of being fierce, savage, or relentless



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