English 12 Unit 10 vocab

relating to controversy or argument

• recalccitrant

• tacit

• untenable

• polemical

chief butler or assistant

• scullion

• bumpkin

• majordomo

• brigand

use of unnecessarily wordy or evasive language

• renunciation

• circumlocution

• recrimination

• incantation

a tip or payment in addition to regular wages

• perquisite

• vestige

• largesse

• renunciation

indicated but not expressed; implies silently

• otiose

• eidetic

• tacit

• timorious

impossible to defend or justify

• tacit

• unimpeachable

• untenable

• penultimate

a person who flatters for personal gain

• scullion

• toady

• interlocutor

• brigand

to make better or improve

• comprise

• depredate

• venerate

• ameliorate

timid

• polemical

• blithe

• timorous

• untenable

indirect; roundabout

• circuitous

• apocryphal

• polemical

• inimical