Sunday, March 22, 2009

Neil, Vocab Builder, 202-240

1. Catharses (210): purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art.
2. Galvanized (213): to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock.
3. Asunder (214): into separate parts or pieces.
4. Somnolent (217): of a kind likely to induce sleep.
5. Flagrante (226): in the act of committing a crime or offence; in the act of having illicit sexual intercourse.
6. Raucous (234): disagreeably harsh or strident.
7. Reverie (234): the condition of being lost in thought.
8. Crass (237): without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity.
9. Scoffing (238): to show contempt by derisive acts or language.
10. Progenitor (239): an ancestor in the direct line.

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