Tuesday, March 10, 2009

multiple choice #16-20 + #40-53

Disconsolation – hopelessly unhappy, gloomy
Discourse – speech, discussion, conversation
Donning – to put or dress in
Edification – enlightenment, moral improvement
Empathy – understanding, sympathy

Pragmatism – character or conduct that emphasizes practicality
Regression – the act of going back to a previous state; return or reversion, decay
Relish – liking or enjoyment of anything
Remonstrance – a protest, objection
Salient – prominent or relevant
Seclusion – privacy or isolation
Subservient – submissive or docile
Synecdoche – a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special
Trepidation – tremendous fear or agitation; anxiety or nervousness
Uninhibited – open and unrestrained
Wanderlust – strong desire to travel

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