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AP Lit Lessons 4,5,6

Words from other languages, relationships, clarity and vagueness

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249207899berserkadj. destructively violent, deranged, insane.
249207900jubileen. a season or occasion of joyful celebration, rejoicing, a special anniversary
249207901juggernautn. an overwhelming and irresistible force or movement, blind and destructive devotion.
249207902kowtowintrans.v. to show respect or submission, fawn. n. an act of or gesture of exaggerated respect or obedience
249207903maelstromn. a whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence, a situation that resembles a whirlpool in the violence or turbulence of feelings, ideas or conditions.
249207904meccan. a place regarded as the center of an activity or interest, visited by many people, aspired goal.
249207905nabobn. a person of great wealth and prominence.
249207906sagalong prose narrative, generations of a story
249207907shibbolethn. a slogan or often repeated word or phrase, common saying or idea; a language usage that distinguishes the members of one group or class from another.
249207908trekintrans.v. to make a slow or difficult journey. n. a journey or leg of a journey, especially when it is slow and difficult, a migration.
249207909adjunctn. something attached to another thing but in a dependent or auxiliary capacity. adj. attached to a faculty or staff in a temporary or auxiliary capacity
249207910amalgamateintrans.v. to combine, unite or consolidate, blend. trans.v. to mix so as to make a unified whole, blend
249207911contiguousadj. sharing a boundary or edge, touching, adjacent, nearby, continuous
249207912diffuseadj. widely spread or scattered, characterized by wordliness. trans.v. to pour out and cause to spread freely, disseminate, soften
249207913divergeintrans.v. to go or extend in different directions from a common point, branch out, to differ in opinion, to depart from a set course or norm, deviate
249207914parityn. equality, as in amount, status or value
249207915peripheryn. the outermost part or region within or immediately beyond a precise boundary, a zone constituting an inexact boundary
249207916synergyn. the combined action of two or more agents, substances, organs, or organisms to achieve an effect greater than the total effect that would be produced by each one acting individually, interdependence
249207917transcendtrans.v. to pass beyond or rise above, to pass or exceed, to exist above and independent of
249207918unisonn. the act of speaking or singing the same words simultaneously by two or more people, an instance of agreement, concord
249207919adumbratetrans.v. to give a sketchy outline of, to disclose partially or guardedly, to prefigure indistinctly, foreshadow
249207920arcaneadj. known or understood only by a few, esoteric, so insanely specific: biology of one-eyed newts in the indian ocean
249207921covertadj. concealed, hidden, secret, covered, sheltered, n. covering or cover, a hiding place. antonym: blatant
249207922educetrans.v. to draw or bring out, elicit
249207923fathomtrans.v. to get to the bottom of and understand, determine the depth of. n. a unit of length equal to six feet used by the measurement of marine depths
249207924imperviousadj. incapable of being penetrated or affect4ed, not open to argument or suggestion
249207925limpidadj. characterized by transparent clearness, calm and untroubled, serene
249207926manifestadj. clearly apparent to the sight or understanding, obvious trans.v. to show or demonstrate plainly, reveal, to show evidence of, prove n. a list of cargo or passengers for a ship or airplane
249207927nebulousadj. lacking definite form or limits, vague, cloudy
249207928translucentadj. transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to make impossible the perception of distinct forms

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