All 11H Midterm Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Averse | opposed |
| Flaunt | to display proudly |
| Temerity | fearless daring |
| Indomitable | unconquerable |
| Chagrin | embarrassment |
| Hypocrisy | insincerity, pretending to be something you're not |
| Incalculable | not capable of being calculated |
| Ineffable | inexpressible |
| Docile | easily handled or managed |
| Impinge | to interfere with |
| Incommunicable | not able to be communicated |
| Ingenuous | innocent and naive |
| Emollient | soothing or softening remedy (for the skin) |
| Supercilious | expressive of contempt |
| Incongruous | lacking in harmony |
| Inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| Frenetic | excessively agitated |
| Rakish | stylish |
| Edification | enlightenment |
| Impeccable | perfect |
| Gregarious | sociable |
| Amplitude | abundance |
| Efficacious | effective |
| Laudable | worthy of high praise |
| Opulent | rich and superior in quality |
| Radioactive | caused by radioactivity |
| Emulate | to imitate |
| Pastoral | relating to a pastor |
| Propriety | correct or appropriate behavior |
| Bucolic | a short descriptive poem |
| Halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| Alburnum | soft wood |
| Assiduous | marked by care and persistent effort |
| Carbuncle | skin infection |
| Carnage | excessive killing of many people |
| Concentric | having a common center |
| Disreputable | not respectable |
| Evitable | avoidable |
| Ferule | cane used for punishment |
| Fluctuate | to rise and fall |
| Harrow | to distress |
| Hoary | showing characteristics of age |
| Incapacitate | injure permanently |
| Influx | the process of flowing in |
| Inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth |
| Internecine | Causing many deaths on all sides of a conflict |
| Obsequious | being a suck-up |
| Pertinacity | stubborn perseverance |
| Scintillation | the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly |
| pique | to provoke |
| truculent | aggressively hostile |
| culvert | a drain under a road |
| contemptuously | without respect |
| slaver | someone who owns slaves |
| lecherous | lustful |
| mattock | a tool used for digging |
| prodigal | recklessly wasteful |
| obscure | not clearly understood or expressed |
| corrugated | folded |
| beseech | to beg |
| assail | to attack someone |
| servile | submissive |
| vulnerable | capable of being wounded or hurt |
| provocatively | in a stimulating manner |
| anecdote | short account of event |
| reverie | daydream |
| chide | to scold |
| unencumbered | not burdened, not worrying |
| commiserate | to sympathize |
| insufferable | unbearable |
| barrage | an overwhelming attack |
| dogged | stubborn |
| precarious | dangerous |
| cavorting | leaping about |
| segue | An uninterrupted transition |
| emaciated | unnaturally thin |
| ostensible | apparent |
| melancholy | bitter-sweet |
| lament | regret strongly |
| venerable | profoundly honored |
| abashed | embarrassed |
| discern | to see clearly, recognize |
| brandish | to exhibit aggressively |
| zenith | highest point |
| mirth | great merriment |
| pious | devoutly religious |
| similitude | similarity |
| fervid | intensely emotional |
| cognizant | aware (usually followed by of) |
| proselytize | to convert to another faith or religion |
| anthem | song of praise or patriotism |
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