Mrs. Veresink: Midterm Vocab 2010
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mra322 on January 6, 2010
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english vocab, english vocabulary, english vocabulary words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Affable | Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| Autonomy | Self government, political control |
| Bombastic | Pompous or overblown in language; full of highsounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| Cajole | To coax, persuade through flattery or atrifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
| Castigate | To punish severely; to criticize severely |
| Caveat | A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
| Circuitous | Roundabout, not direct |
| Coalition | Decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
| Commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| Concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish) to devise, invent, fabricate |
| Debase | To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
| Desecrate | To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
| Elicited | To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| Epitome | A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| Expedite | to make easy, cause to progress faster |
| Extricate | Free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort |
| Gossamer | Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) a very thin, light cloth |
| Heinous | Very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| Hiatus | A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| Inadvertent | Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental |
| Infer | To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
| Infraction | A breaking of a law or obligation |
| Infringe | To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| Insurgent | One who rebels or rises against authority; (adj) rising in revolt, refusinf to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
| Intercede | To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| Intrinsic | Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherit; originating in a bodily organ or part |
| Jaded | Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence |
| Mitigated | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
| Permeate | To spread through, penetrate, soak thorough |
| Precept | a rule of conduct or action |
| Propensity | A natural inclination or predilection toward |
| Scathing | Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| Scurrilous | Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul mouthed |
| Simulate | To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| Stalwart | Strong sturdy; brave; resolute(n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
| Surmise | To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
| Tenuous | Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpeness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported |
| Transient | Lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n) one who stays only a short time |
| Vicarious | Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by in person in place of another |
| Amorphous | Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organizaton, unity or cohesion |
| Ascribe | To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute |
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