Vocabulary workshop level h unit 2
claque
a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; opera hat
microcosm
a mini world or universe
vassal
a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he/she owes allegiance; a subordinate; subservient
solecism
a substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette; any impropriety or mistake
eleemosynary
charitable; dependent upon charity
melee
confused struggled; violent free-for-all; a tumultuous mingling
obfuscate
darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder
lexicon
dictionary of a language; a compendium
bibulous
found of or inclined to drink; absorbent
lachrymose
given to tears or weeping; lugubrious
sanguine
having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheerful outlook
indigenous
native
paternalism
policy of treating people in the manner of a father dealing with his children
aegis
protection, patronage, sponsorship
purview
range of something; in law, the scope of what is provided in a statute
minuscule
small, tiny; lower case letter
verisimilitude
the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable
polarize
to cause to concentrate around tow conflicting or contrasting positions
apprise
to inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice
deracinate
to pull up by the roots