Honors vocab 1
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RB342 on September 6, 2012
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English vocab
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Honors English 11 (2012-13) with Mr. Darling
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Admonish | To advise or urge (someone) earnestly and mildly; To caution against specific faults. |
| Ambivalent | being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action. |
| Apocryphal | of doubtful authorship or authenticity; false |
| Adulterated | Less desirable goods, inferior made so by the edition of harmful, less valuable, prohibitive substances. |
| Arduous | Hard to accomplish, requires a lot of energy |
| Coerce / Coercion | The act of compelling by force or authority |
| Dictum | A short statement that expresses a general truth or principle |
| Equanimity | Evenness of mind even under stress |
| Expedite | To execute a task promptly; to accelerate |
| Fastidious | Very concerned about cleanliness |
| Innocuous | Harmless |
| Pragmatic | Concerned with practical affairs, as opposed to theoretical affairs |
| Propensities | A natural inclination |
| Recondite | Little known; difficult to understand |
| Retribution | Punishment |
| Stoic | a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining |
| Augmented | having been made greater is size or value |
| Cognizant | having knowledge or being aware of |
| Corollary | a proposition that follows from one already proved |
| Cynics | a person who believes that people are motivated by self-interests, rather than being motivated by unselfishness and honorable purposes |
| Eponymous | named after its central creator |
| Inadvertently | without intention or knowledge; unknowingly |
| Instransigent | refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible |
| Mendacity | untruthfulness |
| Nefarious | Extremely wicked or villainous |
| Perfidy | deceitful, untrustworthy |
| Piety | the quality of being religious or reverent |
| Placated | to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or coniliatory gestures |
| Precipitous | done rashly; done or acting too quickly and without enough thought; sharp drop-off, as off a cliff |
| Prevarication | deviation from the truth |
| Fatuous | foolish; inane |
| Jettison | to throw away |
| Obdurate | stubborn; unyielding; unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feeling |
| Semantic | differences in meaning of words |
| Solace | comfort, consoling |
| Turpitude | vile, shameful character; deprived |
| Albeit | although, even if |
| Introspective | to look into ones self |
| Sardonic(al)(ly) | characterized by bitter, scornful derision; mocking or jeering |
| Forbearance | refraining from something, showing reluctance |
| Stalwart | strong; unmoving; strongly and stoutly built |
| Candor | being frank and open |
| Putative | commonly resided |
| Unilateral | one sided |
| Inexorable | it keeps on going on |
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