English 3 vocab words Nov. 20 test

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  1. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
  2. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  3. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  4. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  5. nurture
    provide with nourishment
  6. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  7. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  8. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  9. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  10. vibrant
    vigorous and animated
  11. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  12. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  13. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  14. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  15. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  16. furtive
    secret and sly
  17. hidebound
    stubbornly inflexible and narrow-minded
  18. inception
    an event that is a beginning
  19. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  20. frugal
    avoiding waste
Created on Thu Nov 15 08:29:01 EST 2012

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