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English Honors Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Dispatched | the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose |
Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. |
Formidable | inspiring admiration, awe, or fear |
Civility | Polite behavior |
Prodigious | enormous, huge |
Entreat | beg, ask earnestly |
Avenge | take revenge on behalf of someone or something |
Whim | A sudden impulse or fancy |
Appalled | Horrified, filled with dismay |
Hew | To chop, cut down |
Profusion | Abundance |
Sage | Wise |
Breach | Opening, break, gap |
Adversary | An opponent, enemy |
Disdain | To refuse or reject scornfully |
Smote | To strike sharply |
Colloquialism | slang or informality in speech or writing. Expressional include local or regional dialects |
Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. |
Assimilate | To absorb fully or make one’s own |
Superfluous | Going above and beyond what is necessary |