Second Semester Vocabulary
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kevinhuitt on April 7, 2011
Subjects:
american literature and composition
Description:
Vocabulary for the second semester quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aberrations | n- deviations from the proper or the ordinary |
| Absolved | v- freed from responsibilities |
| Accolades | n- a ceremony or symbol of achievement or approval |
| Agilely | adv- moving quickly and carefully |
| Amber | n- an extremely hard, brownish-yellow, glasslike substance often used to make jewelry |
| Anthracite | n- a type of hard coal that burns cleanly and gives much heat |
| Apathetically | adv- indifferent |
| Appeasing- | v- calming |
| Appendage | n- an attached object |
| Assailed | v- attacked |
| Benediction | n- a blessing |
| Benign | adj- gentle; harmless |
| Braying | adj- loud, unpleasant, usually a sound |
| Catamount | n- a wild cat |
| Cessation | n- a termination |
| Cinched | v- to tighten a saddle |
| Coalesced | v- to merge into a whole |
| Conjectural | adj- characterized by guesswork or theorizing |
| Connivance | n- a scheme |
| Deferential | adj- very respectful |
| Deify | v- to exalt |
| Demijohn | n- a large bottle with a handle and a narrow neck, usually encased in wicker |
| Diabolical | adj- characteristic of the Devil; fiendish |
| Digress | v- to depart from the main topic |
| Discerned | v- perceived clearly |
| Divination | n- intuitive understanding |
| Dyspepsi | n- indigestion |
| Emphatic | adj- forceful; done with emphasis |
| Encrusted | v- to cover in a hard, dry layer |
| Epithets | n- characterizing words or phrases, often derogatory |
| Etherized | adj- as if put to sleep by an anesthetic |
| Evanescently | adj- fleeting; impermanent |
| Exemplary | adj- worthy of imitation |
| Fatuous | adj- foolish |
| Flotsam | n- miscellaneous small plants and twigs floating on a body of water |
| Foliage | n- masses of leaves |
| Frippery | n- a useless decoration |
| Gambit | n- an opening strategy calculated to gain an advantage |
| Illiterate | adj- without the ability to read or write; uneducated |
| Immitigable | adj- not able to be moderated |
| Impending | adj- 1. about to occur; imminent 2. overhanging |
| Impetuous | adj- 1. wildly energetic or violent 2. impulsive or sudden |
| Implacable | adj- unstoppable |
| Increments | n- small increases |
| Ingenuously | adv- honest; without pretense |
| Intermittent | adj- occurring periodically |
| Inviolable | adj- secure against attack |
| Mastiffs | n- large, strong dogs with hanging lips and drooping ears |
| Meridian | n- the highest point |
| Mincingly | adv- moving with short steps |
| Myriad | adj- countless |
| Nimbus | n- a surrounding radiance; halo |
| Noncommittal | adj- unrevealing; indefinite |
| Obliterate | v- to destroy so that no trace is left |
| Obstreperous | adj- unruly |
| Obtuse | adj- slow to comprehend |
| Pittance | n- a small amount of money |
| Plausible | adj- acceptable |
| Politic | adj- shrewd; prudent |
| Pommel | n- the raised front section of a saddle |
| Profuse | adj- abundant |
| Regalia | n- symbols of rank or general status in society |
| Reiterated | v- to repeat |
| Repugnant | adj- repulsive |
| Saffron | n- an orange-yellow color |
| Sanctified | n- sacred |
| Scatheless | adj- unharmed |
| Scut | n- a stumpy tail, as of that of a rabbit or deer |
| Sidled | v- to move sideways in a cautious manner |
| Skittered | v- to move quickly and lightly |
| Suffice | v- to be adequate |
| Surreptitiously | adv- secretive |
| Tawny | adj- brownish-yellow or brownish-orange |
| Temerity | n- reckless boldness |
| Temperamental | adj- unpredictable; moody |
| Tumultuous | adj- violently active |
| Unscrupulous | adj- lacking principles or conscience |
| Vagrant | n- aimless wanderer |
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