American Lit Vocab (Days 155-165) Flashcards
acute
sharp or severe in effect; intense
adamant
utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urging, etc; too hard to cut, break, or pierce
adept
Skill or profesion at or in something
Admonish
to caution, advise, or counsel against something;
to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner
Adulation
excessive devotion to someone; flattery
Adumbrate
to produce a faint outline or sketch; to make in resemblance towards an object or item; to foreshadow
advocate
to speak in favor of; to support by a large argument; to defend
aesthetic
elating to the philosophy of aesthetics; concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly.
affable
to pleasantly approach; to be friendly towards or polite
Affinity
a natural liking, interest or skill towards something
affront
to personally offend or act in a deliberately disrespectful way
aggrandize
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend; to make greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor
aggregate
the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined; to bring or come together
aggrieved
wronged or offended; injured; deprived of rights
agile
quick and well coordinated in movements or activity
alacrity
cheerfulness, readiness. promptness, or willingness
ameliorate
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve
amenable
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; submissive
analogous
having analogy; corresponding in some particular way
anomaly
a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form; one that is abnormal or does not fit in
antipathy
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion; an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling
Amiable
being friendly in behavior or manor
