English 11A Vocabulary

Vernacular

The native language or dialect, everyday or informal language.
Rhetorical

The effective use of words, designed to be impressive and showy
Provocative

Stimulating, pushing or tending toward action, thought or strong feeling
Accentuate

To emphasize or heighten the effect of
Intricacy

Condition or state of being complex, detailed
Introspective

Given to examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
Felicitous

Well chosen, appropriate, having an agreeable manner
Usurp

To take by force, wrongfully, or without rights
Comprehensive

Of wide scope, inclusive, thorough
Ambiguous

Having more than one possible meaning, uncertain, vague, unclear

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English 11A Vocabulary

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Ls. 1 English 11A Vocab

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