Chapter 9 Vocab

138199200	acclamation	a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal note of approval
138199201	bucolic	characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral
138199202	calumniate	to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
138199203	chary	extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow; reserved, diffident
138199204	collusion	secret agreement or cooperation
138199205	dilettante	a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way; superficial
138199206	imperturbable	not easily excited; emotionally steady
138199207	increment	an enlargement, increase, addition
138199208	mandate	an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; to issue such an order
138199209	paltry	trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy
138199210	paroxysm	a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion
138199211	pedantry	a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
138199212	peregrination	the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country
138199213	redolent	fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura
138199214	refulgent	shining, radiant, resplendent
138199215	shibboleth	a word, expression, or cusxtom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commonplace saying or truism
138199216	tyro	a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill
138199217	unremitting	not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless
138199218	vacillate	to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
138199219	vituperative	harshly abusive, severely scolding
138199220	supersede	to take the place, room, or position of; to supplant
138199221	elegy	a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation, especially for someone who is dead
138199222	substrates	the base on which an organism lives (also appears in the form substratrum"
138199223	tendriled	curling like the slender stem that attaches a plant to its support
138199224	arbiter	a person having absolute power of judging and determining
138199225	surreal	having the intense irrational reality of a dream
138199226	aggrandizing	enhancing the power, wealth, position, or reputation of
138199227	generic	characteristic of a whole group; nonspecific or nonproprietary
138199228	vicissitude	fluctuation of state or condition; quality or state of being changeable
138199229	partisans	firm adherents to a party, faction, cause or person