American Literature

Vocabulary List 2

DISSEMBLING

The thief was forced to stop dissembling when the stolen goods were recovered from

his home.

TRAFFICKED

The pawn shop trafficked in goods that others could not pay to retrieve.

CONJURED

Harry conjured a Patronus to protect him from the Dementors.

FACTION

The faction of students who were talking in class were punished by the teacher.

DEFERENCE

Obama bowed to the Prime Minister of Japan to show respect and deference.

CONTENTION

The mother demanded that the contention between her daughters must end now.

NAIVE

The emperor was so naïve that he didn’t realize he was naked while walking through

town.

PRETENSE

Jill’s smile at the wedding was a pretense – she was really still in love with the groom.

PRODIGIOUS

The blizzard produced a prodigious amount of snow.

DEFAMATION

Several members of the press were accused of defamation during Oscar Pistorius’ trial.

AVIDLY

Melissa played soccer avidly because she loved it so much.

EVADE

The criminal tried to evade the police, but he was eventually caught.

REPRIMAND

The teacher gave his student a reprimand for throwing a pencil across the room.

INDIGNANT

50 Cent was indignant when other rappers accused him of stealing beats.