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CP12 Vocabulary 6. Tested Definitions. Apotheosis Elevation to divine status; deification Bastion Protecting part of a fortification; thing regarded as protecting Bucolic Of shepherds; rustic, pastoral Chutzpah Brashness, audacity Conflagration A great and destructive fire.
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CP12 Vocabulary 6 Tested Definitions
Apotheosis • Elevation to divine status; deification • Bastion • Protecting part of a fortification; thing regarded as protecting • Bucolic • Of shepherds; rustic, pastoral • Chutzpah • Brashness, audacity • Conflagration • A great and destructive fire
Contretemps • Unfortunate and embarrassing encounter or occurrence • Debacle • Utter defeat, collapse, or chaos • Disparage • Criticize; belittle • Elocution • Art of clear and expressive speech • Exult • Be joyful
Fiat • Authorization; decree (so let it be written, so let it be done) • Grandiloquent • Pompous or inflated in language • Harbinger • Person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another; forerunner • Inculcate • Urge or impress persistently
Machination • Intrigue • Misanthrope • Person who hates or avoids human company • Pejorative • Derogatory; derogatory word • Prodigious • Marvelous or amazing; enormous • Ribald • Coarsely or disrespectfully humorous; obsecne
Trenchant • Incisive; terse, rigorous