ENG III AP BIRR VOCAB SET 3
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85 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 extol | praise |
| extraneous | unnecessary; irrelevant |
| extricate | to free from a trap or difficult situation; to disentangle |
| exuberant | uncontrollably joyous |
| fallacious | false; misleading |
| fastidious | difficult to please |
| fickle | lacking loyalty; unpredictably changeable; erratic |
| fervor | strong passion |
| flaccid | lacking firmness; soft; limp |
| flagrant | openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous |
| fledgling | beginner |
| flippancy | treating a serious situation with arrogant humor disrespect |
| foment | to stir into action; rouse; incite |
| foresight | the ability to see ahead, anticipate, or predict |
| frugal | careful with money; thrifty |
| fulminate | to explode, either with sound or anger |
| furtive | sneaky; secretive |
| futile | hopelessly ineffective; useless; in vain |
| garbled | changed so much that the original meaning has been distorted; scrambled |
| garish | flashy; gaudy |
| garner | collect; gather; accumulate; earn |
| garrulous | very talkative; loquacious |
| garner | collect; gather; accumulate; earn |
| genial | friendly; gracious; kind |
| germane | relevant; fitting |
| girth | distance around an object; circumference |
| glutton | a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance |
| gravity | seriousness |
| gregarious | sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship |
| hackneyed | unoriginal; trite |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| hamper | interfere with movement or progress |
| haphazard | without plan or direction |
| harangue | a long, lecturing speech |
| harbor | to provide shelter or refuge; hide |
| hardy | bold; brave; capable of withstanding harsh conditions |
| hedge | to avoid giving a clear answer; thereby escaping responsibility or blame |
| heed | notice; pay attention to |
| heresy | an opinion expressed in defiance or generally accepted ideas |
| heinous | shockingly evil |
| hiatus | gap; interruption; a break in continuity; a pause |
| hierarchy | a group of people in authority, ranked in order of power; a sequential listing |
| homage | respect paid to someone or something; tribute; honor |
| homogeneous | the same throughout; consistent; uniform |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| imbue | to fill, as with a strong dye or a strong feeling |
| hypocrite | an insincere person; one who pretends to have feelings he/she really doesn't really possess |
| imminent | about to take place; happening soon |
| idolatry | the worship of objects or people as gods |
| immutable | unable to change |
| impair | weaken in strength or value |
| impasse | a situation from which you cannot escape; stalemate |
| impassive | without feeling; expressionless |
| impede | get in the way; hinder |
| impetuous | taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive |
| impostor | pretender |
| inane | silly; insignificant |
| impudence | rudeness; insolence |
| inaugurate | begin; induct into |
| inadvertent | unintentional |
| incessant | continuous; endless |
| inchoate | not yet fully developed |
| incite | arouse to action; stir up; foment |
| incompatible | incapable of existing together in peace |
| incongruous | out of place |
| incorrigible | impossible to correct, control, or discipline |
| incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe |
| indict | charge with a crime; accuse |
| indigent | very poor |
| indolent | lazy |
| induce | cause to happen; bring about |
| inert | lacking movement; inactive; sluggish |
| infallible | incapable of making a mistake |
| infamy | a bad reputation; notoriety |
| infer | to figure out, based on given information; conclude; deduce |
| infiltrate | penetrate by passing through gaps; enter secretly and become established, such as a spy might do in an enemy organization |
| ingenuous | naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced |
| innate | having a quality that arises from within, rather than learned or acquired from the outside; native; inborn |
| innocuous | harmless; inoffensive |
| innovation | a new idea, product, or model |
| inscrutable | mysterious |
| insipid | dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor |
| insolent | rude; haughty |
| insipid | dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor |
| insolent | rude; haughty |
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