T1 English 11 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acme | the highest point of stage; one that represents perfection; summit |
| alacrity | promptness in response; cheerful readiness |
| anachronistic | person, event, or object chronologically out of place |
| anomaly | deviation from the common rule; irregularity |
| aspiration | the strong desire to achieve something high or great |
| avow | to declare openly and without shame |
| ascertain | to make certain, exact or precise |
| blunt | to make less sharp, definite, or forceful |
| brash | heedless of the consequences, rash, uninhibitedly energetic |
| capricious | governed by caprice; impulsive, unpredictable |
| chutzpah | supreme self-confidence, nerve, gull (from Yiddish) |
| claustrophobic | afflicted with an abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| consecrate | to make or declare sacred |
| countenance | bearing, demeanor, face, visage |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste: correct |
| degeneracy | the state of being degenerate (a condition below that which is normal) |
| demeanor | behavior towards others; outward manner |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| eminent | standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted: conspicuous |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction; boredom |
| epiphany | a sudden perception of the essential nature or meaning of something |
| equipage | outfit or trappings; horse-drawn carriage (archaic) |
| erudite | learned; scholarly |
| exorbitant | exceeding the customary or appropriate limits; excessive |
| expiation | the act of making atonement |
| garrison | a military post/to station troops in |
| gratification | source of satisfaction and pleasure; reward, recompense |
| hector | to intimidate or harass by bluster |
| Heterodox | contrary to acknowledged standard; unorthodox |
| homage | expression of high regard; tribute |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| impetus | a driving force; stimulus, incentive |
| indigent | impoverished, deficient |
| individuation | the development of an individual from the universal: the process by which individuals in a society become differentiated from one another |
| Ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable |
| infamy | evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed; vacillating |
| labyrinthine | intricate or involved |
| latent | present and capable of becoming though not now visible |
| laudation | the act of praising; eulogy |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| multitudes | a great number of people |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; resistant to persuasion or softening influences |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden; troublesome |
| ply | to use or wield diligently; to apply oneself steadily |
| precipitous | very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value; an aspiration of intention that may or may not reach fufillment |
| privation | lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life |
| prodigious | being an omen; extraordinary in bulk, enormous |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose; leaning, resting |
| recurrence | repetition of an earlier event or incident |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict; slacken |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition |
| retribution | recompense, reward |
| sanction | to make valid or binding by a formal procedure |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner |
| scarce | deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
| solicitude | the state of being concerned and anxious; attentive care and protectiveness |
| soliloquize | to utter a soliloquoy; talk to oneself |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| stygian | extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth; mundane in scope or character, prosaic |
| unscrupulous | unprincipled; lacking in ethical standards |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| vagabond | moving from place to place without a fixed home/ one leading a vagabond lifestyle |
| vespertinal | relating to or occurring in the evening |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| volatile | tending to erupt into violence; explosive |
| vouchsafe | to grant as a privilege or special favor |
| wallow | to roll about in a lazy or ungainly manner; to indulge oneself immoderately |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering; calamity |
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