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Vocab 7 & 8

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affable
easy to speak to; approachable; polite; friendly
ineffable
beyond description; indescribable
ineffable
word for word; verbatim
ineffable
concerned mainly with facts; unimaginative
literate
able to read and write
literate
Knowledgeable; educated
obliterate
To do away with completely: to wipe out: to erase
ascribe
To attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin
circumscribe
To draw a line around: to encircle
conscription
a military draft
proscribe
To denounce or condemn
proscribe
To prohibit; to forbid
subscribe
To pledge to pay fro something or to contribute to something; to place an order by signing
subscribe
To express consent or agreement; to assent
subscribe
To sign one's name to something
transcribe
To make a copy of; to write out fully
transcribe
To make a sound recording for later reproduction
transcribe
To arrange music for an instrument different from the ones first composed for
acronym
A word composed of the first letteres or parts of a name or series of words
onomatoepia
A word that sounds like the thing it names
pseudonym
A fictitious name
ignominious
shameful;disgraceful
nomenclature
A system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences
epigram
A short, witty saying
epigraph
An inscription on a monument or building, on a coin, or at the beginning of a bok or chapter
choreography
The art of creating dances
graffiti
words or drawings scratched or scribbled on a wall
graphic
Relating to the visual arts like drawing, painting, lettering, or engraving
graphic
giving a vivid description
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lithograph
A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treted so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed
topography
The features of an area, such as its rivers, mountains, and roads
eclectic
consisting of parts selcted from various sources
lexicon
A specialized dictionary
lexicon
The specialized vocabulary of a particular topic or profession
analogy
A comparison between things that are alike in some ways
apologist
A person who makes an argument in support of someone or something