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English III Honors Vocabulary Lesson 2. September 8, 2009. Vocabulary Lesson 2. 1. Im potent (adj.): powerless; lacking strength HINT: im =not; potent=powerful 2. Anti thesis (noun): an exact opposite HINT: Anti=against; thesis=statement
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English III HonorsVocabulary Lesson 2 September 8, 2009
Vocabulary Lesson 2 • 1. Impotent (adj.): powerless; lacking strength HINT: im=not; potent=powerful • 2. Antithesis (noun): an exact opposite HINT: Anti=against; thesis=statement • 3. Maelstrom (noun): whirlpool; turbulence HINT: Mal=bad; storm • 4. Emendation (noun): correction HINT: Mend=fix; repair • 5. Chagrin (noun): embarrassment HINT: grin and bare it
Vocabulary Lesson 2 • 6. Bauble (noun): showy but useless thing • 7. Diaphanous (adj.): very sheer and light • 8. Labyrinth (noun): complicated network of winding passages • 9. Gloat (verb): to look at or think about with great satisfaction • 10. Impediment (noun): a barrier
11. Bestial (adj.) savage; brutal • 12. Effete (adj.) worn out; barren • 13. Shard (noun): a fragment • 14. Bland (adj.) mild; tasteless; dull • 15. Nihilism (noun): a total rejection of established laws
16. Conflagration (noun): great fire HINT: flagrant • 17. Querulous (adj.) complaining ; fretful HINT: query • 18. Obscure (adj.) indistinct; not easily understood • 19. Jocular (noun): said or done in jest HINT: joke • 20. Dissent (verb): to disagree HINT: diss