First Semester Vocabulary
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kevinhuitt on October 26, 2010
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Vocabulary for Mr. Huitt's first semester American Literature and Composition classes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abhors | v- to despise |
| Abominable | adj- loathsome |
| Apprehension | n- 1. fear; dread 2. understanding |
| Avert | v- to prevent |
| Beguiling | adj- deceiving |
| Bereft | adj- deprived or in a mournful state. |
| Cadaverousness | n- resembling a corpse |
| Celibacy | n- the condition of being unmarried |
| Chafed | v- to warm by rubbing |
| Chide | v- to scold |
| Complaisant | adj- showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
| Consecrated | v- to declare as sacred |
| Decrepit | adj- broken down by old age, disease, or overuse |
| Despotic | adj- exercising absolute power |
| Dilapidation | n- a state of disrepair |
| Divers | adj- several |
| Effervescent | adj- bubbling |
| Expediency | n- appropriateness for the given situation |
| Extenuate | v- to minimize the seriousness of |
| Hallow | v- 1. To establish as sacred 2. To shout |
| Impregnable | adj- virtually impossible to capture or invade; impenetrable |
| Incensed | v- inflamed; enraged |
| Inconceivable | adj- unimaginable |
| Insidious | adj- treacherous; deceptive |
| Irrepressible | adj- uncontrollable |
| Loathsome | adj- repulsive; disgusting |
| Mitigate | v- to reduce in intensity |
| Mollified | v- pacified |
| Obeisance | n- a sign of respect |
| Obstinate | adj- stubborn; resisting cure |
| Omnipotent | adj- all powerful |
| Ostentatious | adj- showy |
| Pallid | adj- pale |
| Pensive | adj- deeply thoughtful |
| Penury | n- poverty |
| Pestilence | n- any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| Physiology | n- the total life processes and functions of an organism |
| Poignant | adj- sharp; keen |
| Precarious | adj- dangerously uncertain or unstable |
| Precipitous | adj- very steep |
| Propitious | adj- favorable |
| Prostrated | adj- fallen; lying flat- or v- to kneel in humility |
| Prudence | n- good judgment |
| Regenerate | v- to renew or give life to |
| Repine | v- to complain |
| Robust | adj- strong; healthy |
| Sepulcher | n- a chamber for burial |
| Servile | adj- slavish |
| Shroud | n- a sheet used to cover a corpse |
| Skulking | v- moving about stealthily |
| Smite | v- to afflict suddenly and powerfully |
| Subjugation | n- to act of making someone a slave |
| Succor | n- assistance |
| Sundry | adj- several |
| Superfluous | adj- more than what is needed; unnecessary |
| Surmised | v- to guess |
| Termagant | n- a scolding woman |
| Transient | adj- impermanent; temporary |
| Tremulous | adj- trembling |
| Venerable | adj- worthy of respect for its dignity, character or age. |
| Vexation | n- irritation |
| Victual | n- food |
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