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Details Title: Sadlier-Oxford Level F Description: Chapter 12 Total Flash Cards: 20 Created: 11/03/2004 21:45:01	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term absolve Definition to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt S: acquit, exonerate, vindicate A: incriminate, inculpate Term caricature Definition a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristics features are delibereately exaggerated; to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way S: burlesque, lampoon Term clangor Definition a loud, ringing sound; to make a loud ringing noise S: din Term contiguous Definition side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time S: abutting Term cupidity Definition an eager desire for something; greed S: avarice, rapacity, craving A: contentment, satiation Term deleterious Definition harmful, injurious S: detrimental, pernicious A: innocuous Term enhance Definition to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of S: heighten Term enthrall Definition to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave, to imprision Term extenuate Definition to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses S: mitigate, downplay A: exacerbate Term implicit Definition implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in. S: inferred, tacit A: explicit Term incisive Definition sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) S: trenchant Term ostentatious Definition marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy A: demure, retiring Term paragon Definition a model of excellence or perfection S: exemplar, paradigm Term paraphrase Definition to restate inother words; a statemnet that presents a given idea in new language Term politic Definition prudent, shrwedly conceived and developed; artful, expedient S: tactful, judicious, circumspect A: injudicious, imprudent, rash Term prosaic Definition dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic or prose, not poetic S: tactful, judiciuos, circumspect A: injudiciuos, imprudent, rash Term redundant Definition extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush S: superfluous, prolix A: succinct, terse, laconic Term sanctimonious Definition making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-though Term scintilating Definition sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)A: flat, tame, vapid Term winsome Definition charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting childlike charm and innocence) S: prepossing