Grades 9-10 (WVI 4)
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dissimilar not alike; different.
dormer a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof.
flamboyant exceptionally showy or dashing in one's speech, manner, or appearance.
fop a man who is highly concerned with, and often vain about, his appearance and manners; dandy.
galvanize to stimulate into awareness or activity.
gauche deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude.
illustrious highly renowned; celebrated; glorious.
inept lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent.
lampoon an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire.
plight1 a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament.
recipient one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something.
residue a substance or quantity that remains after a part has been removed or after a process has been completed.
scruple a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad.
sordid morally bad; ignoble or base.
throwback a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like.