Lesson 9 & 10 vocab

Copious

Abundant, Plentiful, full of information

paragon

a model of excellence or perfection, a perfect example of something

introvert

a person who looks in ward a shy quiet person

idiosyncrasy

a personal peculiarity that is identifying trait, a quirk

elegy

a sad or mournful poem or song, often about someone who is dead

homilies

a sermon especially on something in the bible, along often dull, moralizing talk or writing

eulogy

a speech or piece of writing in praise of a person or thing especially to honor one who has recently died; a tribute or praise

euphony

agreeableness of a sound pleasant combination of sounds spoken in words

Progeny

children, offspring, descendents

Extraneous

coming from outside, foreign, not necessary, irrelevant

sonorous

giving out, capable of producing or having a rich deep sound

mundane

ordinary, commonplace of this world (rather than the world beyond)

poignant

painfully felt, emotionally touching or moving, pointed, sharp

abnegation

self denial, giving up renunciation of rights

tenure

the holding of an office the length of a time for which a position is held, the permanence of position granted to teachers civil service employees and others

ascribe

to assign (as to a cause) to attribute to think of as coming from or belonging to someone

engendered

to bring into being, to produce a cause

inconsequential

unimportant, petty, trivial

hackneyed

used too often, stale from over use, cliched

humdrum

without variety or excitement monotonous, dull commonplace