Jacob 5 th Hemphill. Unit 12 (v.) To clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt.
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Transcript of Jacob 5 th Hemphill. Unit 12 (v.) To clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt.
Vocabulary PowerPointJacob5th Hemphill
Vocabulary Definitions
Unit 12
1) Absolve
(v.) To clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt.
2) Caricature
(n.) A representation(especially a drawing) in which the subject’s characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately exaggerated way.
3) Clangor
(n.) A loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise
4) Contiguous
(adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time
5) Cupidity
(n.) An eager desire for something; greed
Syn- craving, lust
6) Deleterious
(adj.) harmful, injurious Syn.- destructive damaging
7) Enhance
(v.) To raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of.
8) Enthrall
(v.) To captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison
9) Extenuate
(v.) To lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses.
Syn- diminish, downplayIts just a building-
10) Implicit
(adj.) Implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in
Syn- unspoken, unconditional
11) Incisive
(adj.) Sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)
12) Ostentatious
(adj.) Marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
13) Paragon
(n.) A model of excellence or perfection
14) Paraphrase
(v.) To restate in other words; (n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new words.
-your free just follow some
rules
15) Politic
(adj.) Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful; expedient
16)Prosaic
(adj.) Dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
17) Redundant
(adj.) Extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush
18) Sanctimonious
(adj.) Making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritical, moralistic or pious
19) Scintillating
(adj.) Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant.
20) winsome
(adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)
The End
This has been a vocabulary production by Jacob Jordan.
