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Fiske Chapters 10-12
Leake AP Language and Composition
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English
11th Grade
10/12/2009

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culinary
Definition
anything relating to cooking or the kitchen
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gourmet
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means an expert of fine food and drink
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epicurean
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has a very discriminating taste in food and wine, perhaps too much.
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gluttony
Definition
excessive eating or drinking
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voracious
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means ravenous or excessively hungry
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savory
Definition
appetizing to taste or smell
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omnivorous
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eating both animal and vegetables, taking in or devouring anything available
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gastronomy
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the art or science of good eating, any particular, regional style of cooking
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palatable
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acceptable to taste or sufficiently flavorable
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succulent
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juicy
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propitious
Definition
presenting favorable circumstances or a positive outcome
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auspicious
Definition
marked by success or producing favorable circumstances
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boon
Definition
a timely benefit or stroke of good luck
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adverse
Definition
turned against or opposing
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detrimental
Definition
causing damage, harm, or loss
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travesty
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any grotesque parody of something or a disastrous mockery
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debacle
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a sudden, disastrous downfall or defeat
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fiasco
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a complete failure
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rout
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overwhelming defeat or disorderly retreat after battle
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enormity
Definition
excessive evil
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recalcitrant
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someone who is recalcitrant is stubbornly resistant to authority
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obdurate
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connotes hardened against feeling or hardhearted
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fractious
Definition
peevish or cranky, unwillingness to respect authority
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refractory
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stubbornly resistant to authority
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intractable
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difficult to manage or govern
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obstreperous
Definition
aggressively and noisily defiant
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intransigent
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not to come to an agreement, stubbornly uncompromising
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incorrigible
Definition
unable to be reformed or corrected
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dogged
Definition
stubbornly preserving against all odds
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dogmatic
Definition
stubbornly asserts an opinion that is unproved or unprovable
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