English 10 semester 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abate | to recue or lessen; to subtract from an amount |
| Abject | being the most contemptible or miserable kind |
| Affable | gentle and gracious; approachable |
| Altercation | an angry verbal dispute |
| Animosity | bitter hostility or hatred |
| Antecedent | a preceding occurence or cause; preceding in order |
| Arrears | unpaid debts or obligations |
| Assiduous | dilligent |
| Augur | to make predictions based on signs or omens; a soothsayer |
| Aversion | a feeling of intense dislike |
| Camisole | a woman's negligee jacket |
| Capitulate | to surrender; to yield |
| Caricature | a grotesque representation; to imitate in an exaggerated matter |
| Circuitous | going in a roundabout or indirect manner |
| Clemency | an inclination to show mercy; an act of mercy toward an offfender |
| Commiserate | to express sorrow or pity; to sympathize |
| Complacent | self satisfied; almost smug |
| Consign | to give over to the care of another; entrust; to deliver for custody or sale |
| Conspicuous | easy to notice; obvious |
| Corroborate | to strengthen or support with other evidence; to make more certain |
| Deference | courteous respect |
| Deign | to do something below ones dignity; to condescend |
| Despondent | dejected hopeless |
| Dissipate | to drive away or disperse; to waste or squander recklessly |
| Efficacy | power to produce a desired effect; effectiveness |
| Epoch | a particular time or period in history |
| Eugenics | the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding |
| Euphemism | a neutral or inoffensive expression that takes the place of an offensive one |
| Euphony | an agreeable sound |
| Evanescence | the quality of lasting only a short time |
| Exhort | to urge, advise, or caution earnestly |
| Expeditious | characterized by promptness; quick |
| Expunge | to erase or obliterate |
| Fidelity | faithfulness to ones duties |
| Glib | ease of speech or writing that suggest insincerity |
| Gregarious | sociable; fond of the company of others |
| Hegemony | the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others |
| Hortatory | describes speech that urges some kind of conduct this is sort of an adjective |
| Hypochondria | excessive worry or talk about one's health |
| Icon | an important or enduring symbol |
| Imperative | obligatory; compulsory |
| Impecunious | having little or no money; poor |
| Implacable | incapable of being appeased or pacified |
| Imponderable | difficult to evaluate precisely |
| Impugn | to attack as false or questionable; challenge in arguement |
| Impunity | exemption from punishment |
| Inanimate | lifeless; spiritless |
| Incommunicado | without the means or right to communicate |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or reformed |
| Incumbent | imposed as an obligation or duty |
| infallible | incapable of errin gor falling |
| inscrutable | not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable |
| insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful |
| internecine | pertaining to a conflict or struggle within a group; mutually destructive |
| inundate | to overwhelm, as if with a flood |
| juncture | the act of joining; a place where two things are joined; a critical point in time |
| lethargy | a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy |
| levity | lightness in manner or speech, especially when inappropriate |
| Licentious | sexually unrestrained; lewd |
| lucrative | profitable |
| Luddite | a person who is averse to technology or technological progress |
| Luminary | a person who attained eminence in his or her field; a celestial body sucha s the sun or moon |
| magnanimous | generous and noble in spirit, understanding and tolerance |
| malaise | a vague feeling of weakness or discomfort |
| Malfeasance | misconduct by a public official |
| Malign | to speak harmful untruths about; to slander; injurious; slanderous |
| Malinger | to fake an illness to avoid work |
| Mendacious | someone who lies a lot; false or untrue |
| Mercenary | a soldier hired into foreign service; motivated by desire for money or material gain |
| Modicum | a small, moderate amount |
| Obliterate | to do away with completely; to wipe out or rub off |
| Ominous | menacing or threatening; foreshadowing evil |
| Ostensible | apparent; how something appears |
| Palaver | idle talk or chatter; to talk profusely or idly |
| Pandemic | widespread; in medicine this refers to a disease prevalent throughout a region |
| Peccadillo | a minor sin or offense |
| Penchant | a strong inclination or liking for something |
| Pernicious | causing insidious harm; injurious; hurtful |
| perpetuate | to cause to continue indefinitely |
| Pilfer | to steal a small item or to steal in small quantities |
| Propensity | an inclination |
| Rejoinder | an answer, especially to a reply |
| Render | to cause to be or become; to present for consideration or approval; to provide or make available |
| Retaliate | to return evil for evil; to pay back an injury in kind |
| Ruminate | to reflect on over and over |
| Sagacity | wisdom |
| Sallow | sickly yellow |
| Sanguine | cheerfully optimistic; red; the color of blood |
| Servile | befitting a servant or slave; abjectly submissive |
| Spectral | ghostly; resembling a ghost |
| Stint | a length of time spent in a particular way. To restrict or limit in amount or limit in amount or number |
| Stolid | impassive; revealing litle emotion |
| Sumptuous | luxurious; lavish; entailing great expense |
| Supercilious | arrogantly overbearing |
| Tremulous | timid or fearful |
| Trenchant | hard-hitting and forceful (often to characterize writing or speech |
| Ubiquitous | everywhere |
| Verity | the state of being true |
| Vermin | destructive animals or insects; loathsome or offensive people |
| Vindicate | to clear from accusation or suspicion |
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