English Final Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abject | (adj) cast down in spirit; showing hopelessness or resignation |
| absolution | (n) the act of forgiving someone for a sinful act; a remission of sins pronounced by a priest |
| abstain | (v) to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| abstruse | (adj) difficult to comprehend or understand |
| acme | (n) the highest point or stage |
| adduce | (v) to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis |
| adjure | (v) to urge or advise earnestly |
| arbiter | (n) a person having the authority to decide a matter in dispute; a judge |
| ardent | (adj) characterized by warmth or heat of emotion, feeling, or sentiment |
| arduous | (adj) marked by great labor or effort; hard to accomplish |
| ascribe | (v) to attribute to a supposed cause, source, or author |
| assuage | (v) to lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses |
| augury | (n) a prophecy predicting the future, especially from omens |
| bier | (n) a stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed |
| chimerical | (adj) existing only as the product of imagination; fantastically visionary or improbable |
| clemency | (n) an act or instance of leniency |
| conflagration | (n) a large disastrous fire |
| consummate | (v) to finish, complete; make perfect |
| debilitate | (v) to impair the strength of, to weaken |
| dilatory | (adj) tending or intended to cause delay |
| disinterested | (adj) free from selfish motive or interest |
| dogmatism | (n) positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant |
| dormant | (adj) sleeping or drowsing; inactive |
| emulate | (v) to strive to equal or excel; imitate |
| encomium | (n) glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise |
| enigmatic | (adj) mysterious; difficult to understand |
| ennui | (n) a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction: boredom |
| enormity | (n) an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| evince | (v) to display clearly; reveal |
| exculpate | (v) to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| execrate | (v) to detest completely or declare as evil |
| exhortation | (n) language intended to incite and encourage |
| expedite | (v) to accelerate the process or progress of; speed up |
| fortitude | (n) strength of mind; courage |
| gesticulation | (n) a movement of the hands to express emotion or reinforce an argument |
| imbue | (v) to permeate or influence as if by dyeing |
| immaculate | (adj) having no stain or blemish; pure |
| immure | (v) to enclose within walls; imprison |
| incipient | (adj) beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| incredulous | (adj) unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; skeptical |
| indefatigable | (adj) incapable of being fatigued; untiring |
| indolence | (n) inclination to laziness |
| infamy | (n) evil reputation brought about by something criminal, shocking, or brutal |
| infuse | (v) to cause to be permeated with something; introduce, insinuate |
| injunction | (n) the act or an instance of forbidding or prohibiting |
| inure | (v) to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| invective | (n) insulting or abusive language |
| machination | (n) a scheming or crafty action intended to accomplish some usually evil end |
| mutable | (adj) prone to change, inconstant |
| myriad | (n) a great number |
| obdurate | (adj) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| odious | (adj) deserving hatred or repugnance; hateful |
| opprobrium | (n) public disgrace that follows from wrong or vicious conduct |
| panegyric | (n) formal or elaborate praise |
| paroxysm | (n) a sudden violent emotion or action; outburst |
| penury | (n) severe poverty |
| perdition | (n) utter destruction; eternal damnation, hell |
| precarious | (adj) dependent on chance, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| propagate | (v) to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction; to cause to spread out, extend |
| protract | (v) to put off to a later time; delay |
| renounce | (v) to give up, abandon, or resign, usually formally |
| replete | (adj) fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| requite | (v) to make return or retaliation for; avenge, repay |
| sanguinary | (adj) attended by bloodshed |
| sedulous | (adj) diligent in application or pursuit |
| sophism | (n) an argument apparently correct but actually invalid |
| squalid | (adj) marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty |
| succor | (n) something that furnishes relief or aid |
| suppliant | (n) one who asks or entreats earnestly or humbly |
| tenet | (n) a principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| torpor | (n) a state of mental and motor inactivity, usually with partial or total insensibility |
| transmute | (v) to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature, especially to a higher form |
| unabated | (adj) at full strength or force, undiminished |
| undulation | (n) a wavelike motion to and fro; a rising and falling in waves |
| vacillate | (v) to waver in mind, will, or feeling; hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| venerable | (adj) deserving of great value and respect due to old age, wisdom, or character |
| vestige | (n) a mark or visible sign left by something vanished or lost; the smallest quantity or trace |
| diffidence | (n) distrust of oneself or one's own powers; shyness; timidity |
| resolute | (adj) form or determined; unwavering |
| sear | (v) to burn, scorch |
| pernicious | (adj) destructive |
| judicious | (adj) wise |
| diminutive | (adj) tiny |
| redress | (v) to make amends for |
| recoil | (v) to pull back in a startled manner |
| cistern | (n) reservoir |
| intemperance | (n) lack of moderation |
| stanchless | (adj) insatiable |
| avarice | (n) greed |
| interdiction | (n) a prohibition by a court order |
| blaspheme | (v) to speak in an irreverent way about sacred things |
| abjure | (v) to deny, renounce |
| covet | (v) to have a strong desire for something |
| perturbation | (n) agitation |
| upbraid | (v) to scold |
| fain | (adv) gladly |
| sere | (adj) withered |
| purgative | (adj) cleansing |
| bane | (n) a cause of harm, ruin, or death |
| censure | (v) to criticize or disapprove severely |
| speculative | (adj) theoretical |
| direness | (n) evil |
| tarry | (v) to linger, delay |
| harbinger | (n) on who signals the approach of another |
| clamorous | (adj) noisy |
| abhor | (v) to loathe |
| prowess | (n) courage |
| compass | (v) to surround |
| brandish | (v) to wave as a threat, usually a weapon |
| plight | (n) predicament |
| direful | (adj) dreadful; terrible |
| vantage | (n) a position that provides a broad view of a place or idea |
| rapt | (adj) absorbed in thought |
| prophetic | (adj) foretelling events as if by divine inspiration |
| corporal | (adj) bodily |
| surmise | (v) to imagine, guess |
| recompense | (n) reimbursement; compensation |
| peerless | (adj) unequalled |
| chastise | (v) to punish, criticize |
| purveyor | (n) one that furnishes provisions, especially food |
| chalice | (n) cup, especially a ceremonial cup |
| trammel | (v) to entrap or confine |
| mettle | (n) courage and fortitude; spirit |
| repose | (n) rest; calmness |
| entreat | (v) to plead for |
| augment | (v) increase in size or extent |
| palpable | (adj) touchable |
| prate | (v) to talk on and on |
| knell | (n) the stroke or sound of a bell |
| surfeit | (v) to overindulge |
| appall | (v) to horrify; to shock |
| multitudinous | (adj) consisting of a great number of individuals |
| incarnadine | (v) to make blood-red |
| equivocate | (v) to intentionally deceive or confuse |
| unruly | (adj) wild, untamed |
| temperate | (adj) calm, even tempered |
| consort | (n) associate, cohort |
| predominance | (n) superior power |
| posterity | (n) future generations |
| verity | (n) truth |
| bestow | (v) to give or grant |
| valor | (n) bravery |
| dauntless | (adj) fearless |
| rancor | (n) malice; spitefulness |
| sundry | (adj) varied, various |
| disjoint | (v) to dislocate; to separate |
| eminence | (n) a position of distinction or superiority |
| jocund | (adj) merry |
| apace | (adv) at a rapid pace; quickly |
| nonpareil | (n) person or thing without equal |
| blanch | (v) to turn white |
| profound | (adj) very deep |
| malevolence | (n) ill feeling |
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