American Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
Confirm or give support to.
Corroborate
Humble submission and respect.
Deference
a formal statement that someone who has promised to tell the truth makes so that the statement can be used in court.
Deposition
Conceal one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs.
Dissemble
Insolent or impertinent behavior.
Effrontery
Spotless, clean, pure, having no blemish.
Immaculate
Immoral or grossly unfair behavior.
Iniquity
Prepared to obey others unquestioningly.
Subservient
A feeling of fear or agitation that something may happen.
Trepidation
Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.
Adamant
To make better or more tolerable.
Ameliorate
A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.
Anarchy
Intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility.
Conciliatory
Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Contentious
Cause pain or suffering; affect or trouble.
Afflicted
Is unable to be heard
Inaudibly
A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
Plaintiff
An introduction to something more substantial.
Overture
1) A severe test.
2) A place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development.
3) A vessel of a very refractory material used for melting and calcining a substance that
requires a high degree of heat.
4) A hollow area at the bottom of a furnace.
Crucible
