American Literature Vocabulary List 2

DISSEMBLING The thief was forced to stop dissembling when the stolen goods were recovered from his home.

TRAFFICKED The pawn shop trafficked in goods that others could not pay to retrieve.

CONJURED Harry conjured a Patronus to protect him from the Dementors.

FACTION The faction of students who were talking in class were punished by the teacher.

DEFERENCE Obama bowed to the Prime Minister of Japan to show respect and deference.

CONTENTION The mother demanded that the contention between her daughters must end now.

NAIVE The emperor was so naïve that he didn’t realize he was naked while walking through town.

PRETENSE Jill’s smile at the wedding was a pretense – she was really still in love with the groom.

PRODIGIOUS The blizzard produced a prodigious amount of snow.

DEFAMATION Several members of the press were accused of defamation during Oscar Pistorius’ trial.

AVIDLY Melissa played soccer avidly because she loved it so much.

EVADE The criminal tried to evade the police, but he was eventually caught.

REPRIMAND The teacher gave his student a reprimand for throwing a pencil across the room.

INDIGNANT 50 Cent was indignant when other rappers accused him of stealing beats.