Final vocab (Ashton)

Enthusiastically devoted to something

• Zealous

• Definitive

• Adamant

• Connoisseur

Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

• Discern

• Adamant

• Protagonist

• Apprehensive

Worried; anxious

• Discern

• Disparage

• Apprehensive

• Vilify

An expert, particularly in matters of art or taste

• Vilify

• Adamant

• Connoisseur

• Disparage

To perceive or recognize

• Discern

• Apprehensive

• Adamant

• Zealous

Leading character in a novel

• Adamant

• Protagonist

• Definitive

• Zealous

Conclusive; providing the last word

• Disparage

• Discern

• Apprehensive

• Definitive

To say vile things; to defame

• Definitive

• Vilify

• Connoisseur

• Zealous

To belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about

• Redundant

• Stoic

• Disparage

• Gregarious

Argumentative; quarrelsome

• Ambiguous

• Redundant

• Contentious

• Melancholy