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Lit Midterm Vocab Flashcards

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Assent

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To agree to after thinking carefully about for a long time

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Abominable

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Worthy of or causing hatred or disgust

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Assimilate

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To cause a person or group to become part of a different group

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Blatant

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On purpose or obvious

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Clamor

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A loud noise; A strong demand by many people

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Cynical

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Selfish and dishonest that shows no concern for other people

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Decorous

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Correct or polite behavior in a particular situation

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Demure

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Quiet and polite; not drawing much attention

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Derisive

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To cause someone to laugh or insult you

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Diffident

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Lacking confidence; very careful about acting or speaking

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Ebullience

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Thoughts or feelings that are lively or enthusiastic

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Effigy

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An image or representation, especially a mean and hated person

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Effulgence

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Radiant splendor; very bright

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Enmity

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A very deep or unfriendly feeling

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Fervor

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A strong feeling of excitement or enthusiasm

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Furtive

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Done in a quiet or secret way to avoid being noticed

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Gesticulate

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To make your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way

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Impalpable

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Not being able to be physically touched

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Impervious

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Not allowing something to go through

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Inarticulate

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Not able to express ideas clearly, not able to speak

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger because of something that is unfair

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to understand, and to make people curious

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Lamentable

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Deserving to be criticized or rejected

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Leviathan

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Something that is very large and powerful

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Luminous

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Filled with light or color

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Malevolence

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Showing the urge to want to cause harm to another person

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Mutinous

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Showing a desire to not do what someone told you to do

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Propitiate

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To make someone happy, less angry, by giving or saying something they want to receive or hear

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Recriminate

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An angry statement in which you criticize someone who has criticized you

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Tacit

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Expressed or understood without being directly stated

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Tirade

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A long and angry speech

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Tremulous

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Shaking, usually do to fear or nervousness

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Truculent

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Easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue

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Tumult

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A state of noisy confusion or disorder; a state of great mental or emotional confusion

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