SAHS Emerson's Self-Reliance

Hilary D.
Vocabulary challenge for Ms. Domencic's American Literature classes
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  1. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  2. conventional
    following accepted customs and proprieties
  3. admonition
    a firm rebuke
  4. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  5. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
  6. alienated
    socially disoriented
  7. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  8. transcendent
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits
  9. disconcerted
    having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
  10. emphatic
    spoken with particular stress
  11. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  12. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  13. disdain
    reject with contempt
  14. formidable
    inspiring fear or dread
  15. conformity
    compliance with accepted standards, rules, or norms
  16. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  17. titular
    existing in name only
  18. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  19. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  20. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  21. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  22. whim
    an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  23. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  24. alms
    money or goods contributed to the poor
  25. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  26. virtue
    the quality of doing what is right
  27. expiation
    compensation for a wrong
  28. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  29. expiate
    make amends for
  30. spectacle
    something or someone seen, especially a notable sight
  31. forbear
    refrain from doing
  32. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  33. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  34. usage
    accepted or habitual practice
  35. asinine
    devoid of intelligence
  36. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  37. mediocrity
    ordinariness as a consequence of being average
  38. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  39. contentment
    happiness with one's situation in life
  40. posterity
    all future generations
  41. mendicant
    practicing beggary
  42. sycophantic
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  43. reverie
    absentminded dreaming while awake
  44. impertinence
    a rude or overly bold statement
  45. parable
    a short moral story
  46. rote
    memorization by repetition
  47. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  48. creed
    any system of principles or beliefs
  49. classification
    the basic cognitive process of arranging into categories
  50. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
Created on Sun Nov 03 14:20:46 EST 2013 (updated Thu Nov 07 14:29:44 EST 2013)

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