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Vocabulary Definitions

Unit 12

1) Absolve

(v.) To clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt.

2) Caricature

(n.) A representation(especially a drawing) in which the subject’s characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately exaggerated way.

3) Clangor

(n.) A loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise

4) Contiguous

(adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time

5) Cupidity

(n.) An eager desire for something; greed

Syn- craving, lust

6) Deleterious

(adj.) harmful, injurious Syn.- destructive damaging

7) Enhance

(v.) To raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of.

8) Enthrall

(v.) To captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison

9) Extenuate

(v.) To lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses.

Syn- diminish, downplayIts just a building-

10) Implicit

(adj.) Implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in

Syn- unspoken, unconditional

11) Incisive

(adj.) Sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)

12) Ostentatious

(adj.) Marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

13) Paragon

(n.) A model of excellence or perfection

14) Paraphrase

(v.) To restate in other words; (n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new words.

-your free just follow some

rules

15) Politic

(adj.) Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful; expedient

16)Prosaic

(adj.) Dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic

17) Redundant

(adj.) Extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush

18) Sanctimonious

(adj.) Making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritical, moralistic or pious

19) Scintillating

(adj.) Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant.

20) winsome

(adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)

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