english lit vocab 4

• epithet - descriptive term used to describe someone/something
• dialectic


  conflict
• reductive


  reduces the character to just a label so can use the wording of the exam question as reductive
• salvage


  to save
• scrupulous


  very principled, very careful and conscientious high moral standards for what one considers right
• sporadic


  occurring irregularly
• stagnation


  motionlessness; inactivity
• subjugate


  to bring under control; to conquer
• succumb


  to give in
• fecundity


  fertility
• convoluted


  complex or complicated
• germane


  relevant
• preposterous


  absurd
• defamatory


  harmful toward another's reputation
• esoteric


  intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest