English Honors Vocabulary 1 & 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acrimonious | marked by hard or biting sharpness, especially of words, manner, or disposition |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain, especially from obscurity or indistinctness; inexplicable; capable of being understood in more then one way |
| bellicose | showing readiness to quarrel or fight |
| bovine | related to or resembling the ox or cow; both sluggish and patient.---(n.) an ox or closely related animal |
| bucolic | rustic, rural, pastoral |
| burgeon | to put forth, to sprout---(n.) a bud, a sprout |
| burnish | to polish, to make shiny by rubbing.---(n.) a gloss or polish |
| cadaver | a corpse or dead body, especially of a person |
| callow | undeveloped, inexperienced, imature |
| candid | sincere, honest, impartial |
| captious | intended to entrap or confuse; quibbling, carping, faultfinding |
| carp | to talk in a peevish, grumbling or accusing way; to find fault pettily or unfairly; cavil.--- (n.) a fresh water fish |
| castigate | to punish, chastise, or rebuke |
| chagrin | vexation, disappointment, mortification, embarrassment |
| chimerical | imaginary, fantastic, unreal, absurd, impossible |
| clandestine | secret, hidden, underhanded, surreptitious |
| copse | a thicket of small trees |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority; to make more certain |
| crass | grossly stupid; dull; coarse; gross |
| cloistered | secluded; hidden from the world, usually religious seclusion |
| cursory | superficial, passing rapidly over something without attention to detail |
| debacle | an overthrow, a rout; a sudden great disaster; a breakdown or collapse |
| deciduous | shedding leaves annually; shedding antlers or insect wings |
| deleterious | harmful, injurious |
| dirge | a lament with music, a funeral hymn |
| dupe | to deceive, to cheat; a person easily fooled |
| ecclesiastical | of the church, or relating to the organization of the church or clergy |
| elliptical | resembling an ellipse or flattened circle; grammar; having a word or words omitted without being intelligible |
| enigma | a perplexing statement, matter or person; a riddle |
| enjoin | to order officially; to forbid or prohibit |
| ephemeral | lasting one day; short lived, transitory |
| epicure | a connoisseur of food and drink; a person devoted to luxury and sensuous pleasure |
| ethereal | reffering to the upper regions of space; light, airy, delicate, celestial |
| fallow | land plowed but not sowed; left uncultivated; when describing the mind, untrained, inactive |
| fealty | the duty and loyalty owed by a vassal to his lord |
| fetid | stinking, foully odorous |
| forensic | characteristic of or suitbale for a law court or public debate, referring to a lawyer skilled in this area |
| fortuitous | happening by chance, accidental, lucky |
| frugal | not wasteful, thrifty |
| gargoyle | a waterspout or ornament in the from of a carved animal--sometimes an imaginary one--projecting from the gutter of a building |
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