English 11 Honors Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 propensity | n. a tendency |
| condescending | adj. displaying superiority; patronizing |
| compunction | n. an uneasiness caused by guilt; a qualm |
| sepulcher | n. a tomb or burial chamber |
| bellicose | adj. warlike; inclined to fight |
| pulchritude | n. physical beauty |
| wizened | adj. shriveled or withered from age or illness |
| rhapsodize | v. to express oneself enthusiastically |
| physiognomy | n. facial features |
| voluble | adj. talkative |
| revel | v. to enjoy; to take pleasure in |
| umbrage | n. feeling of offense; resentment |
| epiphany | n. a revelation; sudden knowledge or insight |
| assiduous | adj. diligent; persistent |
| panacea | n. a cure-all; a remedy for all diseases |
| implicate | v. to involve or connect unfavorably |
| analgesic | n. a medication to reduce or eliminate pain |
| turpitude | n. wickedness; vileness |
| discretionary | adj. left to one's own judgment |
| flummox | v. to confuse; to perplex |
| unpalatable | adj. unpleasant to the taste or the mind |
| histrionics | n. exaggerated emotional behavior |
| draconian | adj. extremely harsh; very severe |
| noisome | adj. disgusting; offensive to the senses |
| punctilious | adj. attentive to details in conduct or action |
| veritable | adj. authentic; genuine |
| florid | adj. rosy or red in color |
| fractious | adj. unruly; disruptive |
| moribund | adj. near death; about to die |
| conflagration | n. a large, destructive fire |
| protege | n. a person under the guidance or training of another |
| indiscernible | adj. difficult or impossible to discern or perceive |
| virulent | adj. extremely infectious or poisonous |
| phlegmatic | adj. calm and unemotional |
| artisan | n. a skilled manual worker; a craftsperson |
| reciprocate | v. to give in response to receiving something |
| tenable | adj. rationally defensible |
| boondoggle | n. an unnecessary, wasteful project |
| curmudgeon | n. a stubborn, ill-tempered person |
| moiety | n. a portion or part of something |
| inculcate | v. to impress upon or teach someone by repetition |
| fiduciary | adj. relating to the governing of property or estate on behalf of others |
| repugnant | adj. offensive; repulsive |
| opprobrium | n. disgrace; extreme dishonor |
| potentate | n. a monarch; one who has great power |
| prominent | adj. very noticeable or obvious |
| autonomy | n. independence |
| gustatory | adj. relating to the sense of taste |
| chthonian | adj. pertaining to the underworld; dwelling in or beneath the surface of the earth |
| extirpate | v. to root out or eradicate; to destroy completely |
| coagulate | v. to change or be changed from liquid into a thickened or solid mass |
| puissance | n. power; might |
| appellation | n. name, title, or designation |
| peripatetic | adj. traveling, especially by foot |
| misanthrope | n. one who hates or mistrusts humankind |
| tutelary | adj. pertaining to guardianship |
| scion | n. descendant; heir |
| jurisprudence | n. the science, philosophy, and application of the law |
| supercilious | adj. contemptuous; arrogant |
| malevolent | adj. having ill-will; wishing harm; evil |
| trenchant | adj. effectively keen and forecful in thought or expression |
| bourgeois | adj. relating to the middle class |
| nascent | adj. emerging; coming into existence |
| indefeasible | adj. not capable of being undone or voided |
| paladin | n. a heroic champion or leader |
| sine qua non | n. something essential; a prerequisite |
| arcane | adj. know or understood by only a few; mysterious |
| tangential | adj. merely touching or slightly connected; digressing from the main point |
| mercurial | adj. quickly changing; volatile |
| exculpate | v. to clear of guilt; to declare innocent |
| salubrious | adj. healthful |
| vicissitude | n. a sudden change or shift in one's life or circumstances |
| squelch | v. to suppress; squash |
| tyro | n. a beginner; novice |
| matriculate | v. to admit or be admitted into a group or a college |
| depravity | n. moral corruption; perversion |
| megalomania | n. having delusions of grandeur; an obsession with grandiose things |
| attribute | v. to relate to a particular cause; to ascribe |
| celerity | n. swiftness or action; speed |
| alimentary | adj. pertaining to food, nutrition, or digestion |
| congenital | adj. dating from birth; inherent or natural |
| discourse | n. a discussion; a converstaion |
| primordial | adj. first in time; original |
| remuneration | n. compensation; payment |
| attenuate | v. to reduce, weaken, or lessen |
| mutable | adj. subject to change |
| ethereal | adj. light or airy; intangible; heavenly |
| encomium | n. formal praise; a tribute |
| tactile | adj. pertaining to the sense of touch |
| ascetic | n. a person who renounces material comforts and practices extreme self-denial |
| poignant | adj. very moving; touching |
| venial | adj. easily excused or forgiven |
| satiate | v. to satisfy fully |
| vituperative | adj. fault-finding; verbally abusive |
| cumulative | adj. resulting from accumulation; increasing |
| exhilaration | n. thrill; invigoration |
| pundit | n. a critic |
| propriety | n. proper behavior; appropriateness |
| goad | v. to urge forward; to prod |
| impunity | n. freedom from punishment, penalty, or harm |
| surfeit | n. an excessive amount |
| trite | adj. overused; hackneyed; cliched |
| extricate | v. to release; to disentangle |
| superfluous | adj. unnecessary; excessive |
| lithe | adj. graceful in motion; moving and bending with ease |
| stentorian | adj. extremely loud |
| propitious | adj. promising; auspicious |
| transient | adj. remaing only a short time |
| tremulous | adj. timid; fearful |
| fulsome | adj. offensively flattering; insincere |
| utilitarian | adj. useful; practical |
| schism | n. a separation or division |
| rescind | v. to repeal; to make void |
| extant | adj. still in existence |
| inchoate | adj. not yet complete; undeveloped |
| unwieldy | adj. not easily carried because of size, shape, or complexity |
| spurious | adj. possible but ultimately false; not genuine |
| abjure | v. to renounce or recant |
| inveterate | adj. habitual; continuing |
| dissipate | v. to waste recklessly; to exhaust |
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