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RAGTIME PADLET

AGENDA:

Go to library.  work on padlet of terms and pictures for RAGTIME







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Ragtime Vocabulary

Apotheosis

model of excellence or perfection of a kind

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Contrition

sorrow for sin

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Lithe

gracefully slender

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Discreet

marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

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Lassitude

a feeling of lack of interest or energy

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Solicitude

a feeling of excessive concern

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Amiable

diffusing warmth and friendliness

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Entrepreneur

someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

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vouchsafed

to condescend, to bestow, to grant

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Obeisance

a bodily movement expressing deep respect

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Defer

put off to later

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Inanities

small talk

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Firmament

Heavens

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Vehement

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

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Promulgate

formally made public

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Transient

adj. lasting or staying only a short time

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Intransigence

the trait of being stubborn

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Deferential

showing submission and respect

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Subjugation

the act of conquering

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Bohemian

a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life

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Unappeased

adj. unimpressed, not pacified

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Pugnacious

ready and able to resort to force or violence

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Discomfiture

anxious embarrassment

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Aggrieved

(adj.) distressed, wronged, injured

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Regimen

(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

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Salutary

tending to promote physical well-being; bringing about an improvement

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Condone

excuse, overlook, or make allowances for

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Mellifluous

pleasing to the ear

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Officiousness

aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding

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Precipitous

extremely steep

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Dirges

songs or hymns of grief.

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Cortege

n. funeral procession

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Simian

an ape or monkey, relating to or resembling an ape

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Redolence

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

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Rube

n. a country person, n. unsophisticated person

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Pragmatist

n. a person who takes a practical approach

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Awry

away from the correct or expected course

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Indigent

n. a person who is poor

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Reproach

blame or accuse