English II Vocabulary Section 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 noxious | harmful to living things; injurious to health |
| nuance | a subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling or tone |
| obese | extremely fat; grossly overweight |
| obstreperous | noisily and stubbornly defiant |
| odium | strong dislike, contempt or aversion |
| officious | marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| ominous | menacing; threatening |
| omniscient | having total knowledge; knowing everything |
| ostensible | represented or appearing as such |
| ostracize | to exclude from a group |
| pandemonium | a very noisy place |
| parsimonious | excessively sparing or frugal |
| penitent | feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins |
| pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury |
| pertinent | having logical, precise relevance to the matter at hand |
| pique | a state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity |
| plagiarize | to use and pass off as one's own the idea's or writings of another |
| plebeian | of or relating to the common people of Ancient Rome |
| precocious | manifesting or characterized by unusually early developement or maturity, especially in mental aptitude |
| predatory | living by preying on other organisms |
| prowess | superior skill or ability |
| pugnacious | combative in nature; belligerent |
| purloin | to steal, often in violation of trust. |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage; cowardly |
| quell | to put down forcibly; supress |
| quixotic | caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals. |
| rabble | a tumultuous crowd. a mob |
| rabid | of or affected by rabbies |
| raconteur | one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit |
| raillery | good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter |
| rancor | bitter,long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will. |
| remorse | moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds |
| renegade | one who rejects a religion, a cause, an allegiance, or a group for another |
| retribution | something justly deserved; recompense |
| sanction | authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid |
| scourge | a source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war |
| strident | Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
| taciturn | habitually untalkative |
| temerity | foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness |
| terse | brief and to the point; effectively concise |
| uncanny | peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature |
| unctuous | characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness |
| verbose | using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words |
| vindicate | to clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof |
| vindicitive | disposed to seek revenge; revengeful |
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