Full American Renaissance Literature Notecard set Flashcards
Prevalent
Generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : WIDESPREAD
Discord
Lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
Treacherous
Likely to betray trust : UNRELIABLE
Providing insecure footing or support
Extort
To obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power
Ostentation
Excessive display : vain and unnecessary show especially for the purpose of attracting attention, admiration, or envy
Parsimony
The quality of being careful with money or resources
Toil
Long strenuous fatiguing labor
Sexton
A church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (such as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)
Forge
A furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought
Tenant
One who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
One who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right
Importune
To press or urge with troublesome persistence, to request or beg for urgently
Nonconformist
A person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action
Perpetual
Holding something (such as an office) for life or for an unlimited time
Conviction
- The act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law or
- A strong persuasion or belief
Aversion
A feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
Absolve
To set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
Dilapidated
Decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
Sublime
To elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor
Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : EXTRA
Magnanimity
The quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
Precluded
Discourse marked by force and persuasiveness
Impunity
Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
Retribution
The dispensing or receiving of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter
Immolation
Something that is killed or destroyed by fire
Imposture
The act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
Accosted
To approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
Gait
1.A manner of walking or moving on foot. 2. A sequence of foot movements (such as a walk, trot, pace, or canter) by which a horse or a dog moves forward. 3. A manner or rate of movement or progress
Lore
A particular body of knowledge or tradition
Beguiling
Agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing
Decorum
- Literary and dramatic propriety: FITNESS
- Propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance
Eloquence
Discourse marked by force and persuasiveness
Blight
Something that impairs or destroys
Shroud
Something that covers, screens, or guards: such as
Venerable
Calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
Mirth
Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughtera
Surmised
A thought or idea based on scanty evidence : CONJECTURE
Interposed
To place in an intervening position
Affliction
A cause of persistent pain or distress
Ample
Generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
Syntax
A connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements
