Unit I Vocabulary

Unit I Vocabulary

Honors English II

Unit I Vocabulary

1. Aggregate adj. -formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount

2. Aghast adj. -struck with terror, amazement, or horror

3. Bequeath v. -to give or leave by will

4. Disseminate v. -to spread abroad as though sowing seed

5. Dissimulation v. -to hide under a false appearance

6. Dogmatic adj. - given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts

7. Facet n. -any of the definable aspects that make up a subject or an object

8. Faddish n. -a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal

9. Iconoclast n. -a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

10. Imbibe v. -to receive into the mind and retain; to take in liquid