Vocab World Lit 9 H
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 phototropic | adj. Tending to grow or move towards light |
| phosphorescent | adj. Giving off light without heat |
| photogenic | adj. Attractive in pictures or photographs |
| lucid | adj. Easy to understand; clear |
| elucidate | v. To make clear by explaining |
| transclucent | adj. Allowing light to pass through |
| circumspect | adj. Careful; mindful of rules and consequences |
| prosepct | n. That which is exsepcted |
| specter | n. A ghost or phantom |
| invidious | adj. Hateful or spiteful |
| providential | adj. Happening by good fortune |
| improvise | v. To create without any forethought or preparation |
| enunciate | v. To pronounce or articulate |
| renounce | v. To reject by declaration |
| pronouncement | n. A declaration of opiniom; judgement |
| invoke | v. To call on for support |
| provocative | adj. Causing disturbance or excitement |
| revoke | v. To make invalid; deactivate |
| ineffable | adj. Ununtterable, indescribable |
| infantile | adj. Childish; immature |
| affable | adj. Easy to converse with; friendly |
| edict | n. An official order |
| indict | v. To charge with a crime; accuse |
| dictum | n. A formal or authoritative statement |
| prohibit | v. To stop one from doing something; prevent |
| inhibit | v. To get in the way of; hinder |
| suffuse | v. To fill up from within; to spread throughout |
| confound | v. To confuse and frustrate |
| infuse | v. To inject; to fill something or someone with |
| sustain | v. To support for an extended period of time |
| abstain | v. To not do something; refrain |
| tenacious | adj. Stubbornly persistent; determined |
| retinue | n. A group that attends an important person |
| replete | adj. Filled up with |
| implement | v. to put into action; execute |
| deplete | v. To use up; waste |
| misinformation | n. Untrue or wrong information |
| reform | v. To bring back to rightness, order or morality |
| formative | adj. Occuring at the time of most influence |
| inept | adj. Unskilled; clumsy |
| adept | adj. Skilled; expert at |
| aptitude | n. Skilled or suitability for |
| posit | v. To put forth; assert |
| impose | v. To forcibly place upon |
| disposition | n. Attitude or mood |
| figment | n. Something invented or imaginary |
| effigy | n. A figure constructed in mockery |
| prefigure | v. To look like or predict a later thing or event |
| legacy | n. Body of ideas, achievements, and morals |
| delegate | v. To divide up, especially responsibilities |
| agenda | n. Plan of action; purpose |
| proactive | adj. Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs |
| exacting | adj. Demanding |
| repulsion | n. Desire to aviod; disgust |
| dispel | v. To scatter about, break up |
| propel | v. To cause to move towards; push |
| relative | adj. Dependent upon |
| superlative | adj. Excellent; above all others |
| dilate | v. To widen |
| recant | v. To formally withdraw |
| incantation | n. Ritual chant; spell |
| disenchanted | adj. Losing fondness for; unhappy with |
| inaudible | adj. So quiet as to be impossible to hear |
| auditory | adj. Having to do with the sense of hearing |
| audit | n. A thorough review |
| dissonance | n. Unpleasant or unharmonious sound |
| assonance | n. Similarity of word sounds |
| resonant | adj. Having an effect; powerful |
| analogous | adj. Comparable to; like |
| dialogue | n. Communication between two or more people |
| prologue | n. A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event |
| bellicose | adj. Warlike in nature |
| antebellum | adj. Occuring before a war |
| belligerence | n. Warlike mood or attitude |
| enamored | adj. Fond of; feeling love towards |
| amiable | adj. Good-natured; cheerful |
| amicablea | adj. Not bitter or hostile; friendly |
| antagonize | v. To act hostile towards; provoke |
| protagonist | n. the central character in a work of literature |
| antagonist | n. One who is hostile towards; one who opposes |
| philosophical | adj. Calm and wise; reasonable |
| philanthropy | n. Charitable donation to public causes |
| bibliophile | n. One who loves books |
| impediment | n. Something that gets in the way; obstacle |
| expedient | adj. Providing results quickly; practical and effective |
| pedestrian | adj. Lacking excitement; ordinary and dull |
| pedant | n. One possessing abundant knowledge of minor, often uninteresting, things |
| pedagogue | n. A teacher, especially on ewho is dull and narrow-minded |
| travesty | n. A bad imitation of; a perversion of |
| vested | adj. Significant to one's own profit or well-being |
| vestment | n. Clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority |
| divest | v. To strip or remove a title or position of authority |
| corporeal | adj. Having to do with the body |
| corpulent | adj. Extremely fat; obese |
| incorporate | v. To bring together features, ideas, or elements |
| uniform | adj. The same all the way throughout; consistent |
| unison | n. In one voice |
| unanimous | adj. Showing complete agreement |
| monologue | n. A speech made by a single person |
| monopolize | v. To use or take so as to prevent others from using or taking |
| monogamy | n. Marriage to only one person at a time |
| monolithic | adj. Exactly the same throughout; lacking any diversity |
| homonym | n. A word spelled exactly like another owrd, but having a different meaning |
| homogenized | adj. Forced to be exactly the same |
| equitable | adj. Fair, just |
| equilibrium | n. Balance; steadiness |
| iniquity | n. Injustice; wrong or wicked action or situation |
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