Friday, May 6, 2011

Chapter 6 Vocabulary Builder - Erik Maanum

Regalia (pg 185): special and/or important clothing

Literati (pg 185): the educated class

Magnanimous (pg 188): showing or suggesting nobility

Innuendo (pg 189): an illusion

Ameliorations (pg 190): attempts to make better or more tolerable

Coquettishly (pg 191): to act as a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men

Competent (pg 192): having requisite or adequate ability or qualities

Epitome (pg 194): the typical or ideal example

Unctuous (pg 194): to have a plastic or fake appearance

Onomatopoeic (pg 197): the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

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