Honors English Week 1 Vocab

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sycophant (n)

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one who is eager to please for personal gain; or more informally, a suck-up or brown-noser

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lugubrious (adj.)

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extremely sad, gloomy, or mournful

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pernicious (adj)

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causing great harm & destruction, wicked

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insouciant (adj)

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unconcerned or unworried, often to the point of arrogance

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ubiquitous (adj)

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present everywhere at once, omnipresent

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non sequitur (n)

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a statement that is totally unrelated to the statement that it follows

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restive (adj)

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uneasy, agitated; having little patience; unwilling to be controlled

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diatribe (n)

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A bitter verbal or written attack on someone or something

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jingoistic (adj)

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extremely fervent and patriotic, to the point of even expressing hostility toward other countries.

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implacable (adj)

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not easily calmed or pacified; impossible to change or move.