English Vocab

Terms	Definitions
Tirade	a long and angry speech.
tout	to brag, publicly or praise highly
trite	unoriginal, overused, cliched, or very common
trivial	unimportant or insignificant
vapid	tasteless or very dull
vehement	intense, forceful
verose	too wordy
viable	able to succeed, capable of living and growing.
vilify	to defame or slander, to blacken the character of
vivacious	lively and spirited
zealot	a person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
zenith	the highest point
abscond	to leave quickly and secretively
accolade	award or honor; high praise
acquit	to find not guilty
aggrieve	to distress or mistreat
quell	to put an end to or calm
quintessential	the most perfect example
raucaus	boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly
reciprocal	mutual, interchangeable or shared
reprehensible	deserving of blame
rescind	to cancel, to repeal
resilent	an ability to recover from or adjust easily
sardonic	mocking
scintillate	to sparkle or gleam
stoic	indifferent to pleasure. showing no emotion.
stymie	to get in the way of
succinct	clearly expressed with few words
odious	hateful or evil
odyssey	a long, difficult journey
ogle	to stare at in a disrespectful way
opaque	difficult to see through, unclear, or dark
oust	to eject, banish or expel
permeate	to spread or seep
peruse	to study, or read over
pique	to hurt the feelings of someone
placate	to soothe or appease with concession
plausible	believable
poignant	emotionally moving
preclude	to make impossible
pretentious	showy
quaint	pleasntly old-fashioned

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