Vocabulary Workshop Level f Units 10-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Absolve | (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
| Caricature | (n.) a respresentation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
| Clangor | (n.) a loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise |
| Contiguous | (adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
| Cupidity | (n.) an eager desire for something; greed |
| Deleterious | (adj.) harfmul, injurious |
| Enhance | (v.) to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
| Enthrall | (v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison |
| Extenuate | (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
| Implicit | (adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts of reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
| Incisive | (adj.) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) |
| Ostentatious | (adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
| Paragon | (n.) a model of excellence or perfection |
| Paraphrase | (v.) to restate in other words; (n.)a statement that presents a given idea in new language |
| Politic | (adj.)prudent, shrewedly concieved and developed; artful, expedient |
| Prosaic | (adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
| Redundant | (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
| Scantimonious | (adj.)making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| Scintillating | (adj., part.) spearkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
| Winsome | (adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) |
| accrue | to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result |
| annotation | a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work |
| bedlam | a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
| covert | hidden, disguised, purposefully kept a secret; sheltered, secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place |
| debonair | pleasant, curteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance |
| dun | to demand insistenly, especially in payment of a debt; (n.) a creditor; (adk.) dark, dull, drab, dingy |
| effacious | effective, producing results |
| fortuitous | accidental, occuring by a happy chance |
| gist | the essential part, the main point, or essence |
| gratuitous | freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted |
| equanamity | calmness, composure, refusal to panic |
| imperious | overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate, pressing, compelling |
| invective | a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; (adj.) abusive, vituperative |
| motley | showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester |
| munificent | extremely generous, lavish |
| procrastinate | to delay, put off until later |
| provocative | tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying |
| recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding |
| reprobate | a depraved, vicious, or unprinicipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn |
| sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place |
| abstemious | (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| censurable | (adj.) deserving blame or correction |
| contingent | (adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | (v.) to confirm, make more cetain, bolster, stubstantiate, verify |
| denizen | (n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
| discursive | (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
| disseminate | (v.) to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
| florid | (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
| foist | (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or geniune; to bring about by stealth, dishonestly, or coercion |
| gauche | (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| heresy | (n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| inculcate | (v.)to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
| perceptive | (adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
| salient | (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; standing out (n.) a projection or bulge |
| satiate | (v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess (adj.) full, satisfied |
| sear | (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to parch, dessicate, singe |
| specious | (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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