Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Vocab Part 1

1. paucity (pg. x): scarcity or death
2. Fathom (pg. xi): a unit of length of six feet used in nautical measurements
3. reticent (pg. 3): to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to themself
4. flummoxed (pg. 3): to confuse
5. ubiquitous (pg. 3): seeming or being everywhere at the same time
6. patois (pg. 3): regional dialect without a literary tradition
7. fecund (pg. 9): very productive or creative intellectually
8. portent (pg. 9): a sign of something about to happen
9. ennui (pg. 26): to feel weary from boredom
10. succumb (pg. 28): to submit to an overpowering force

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