English III Unit 4

Ms. Shook (United States of America)
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  1. bumptious
    offensively self-assertive
  2. cite
    make reference to
  3. comely
    very pleasing to the eye
  4. consonant
    involving or characterized by harmony
  5. decadence
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  6. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  7. flaunt
    display proudly
  8. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  9. hypercritical
    inclined to judge too severely
  10. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  11. miscreant
    a person without moral scruples
  12. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  13. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  14. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  15. rudiment
    the elementary stage of any subject
  16. sanction
    a mechanism of social control for enforcing standards
  17. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  18. stereotype
    treat or classify according to a conventional conception
  19. subservient
    compliant and obedient to authority
  20. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
Created on Tue Oct 08 14:08:23 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Oct 08 14:11:19 EDT 2013)

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