Head-Royce English 10 Spring Final Vocab 2011
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english, scarlet letter, great gatsby
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mollify | To placate; calm. |
| alloy | To combine metals, usually lowering the value by adding a cheaper metal. |
| multitudinous | Very numerous; consisting of many parts; crowded |
| vicissitude | A change or variation |
| irrefragable | Incapable of being refuted; indisputable. |
| importunately | Asking or questioning in an insistent manner; troublesomely or annoyingly. |
| obeisance | A physical gesture expressing respect or reverence |
| pithy | Precisely meaningful; cogent and terse. |
| dissolute | Lacking in moral restraint; loose. |
| potentate | One with power to lead or dominate over others; monarch. |
| gratuitous | Given without return or recompense; unearned; free |
| Consecration | (n) The act, ceremony, or state of being made sacred or holy |
| Dolefully | (Adj) Mournfully; done with grief or melancholy. |
| Despondency | (n) Depression of spirits through loss of courage or hope; dejection. |
| Inscrutable | (Adj) Not able to be fathomed or understood; enigmatic. |
| Irrevocable | (Adj) Irreversible; incapable of being retracted or undone |
| Transmute | (v) To change from one form or substance into another; transform |
| Denizen | (n) An inhabitant or resident. |
| Choleric | (adj) Bad-tempered |
| Conjoin | (v) To join together; connect; unite. |
| Singular | (Adj) Deviating strongly from the norm; rare; extraordinary |
| sanctity | holiness |
| celestial | heavenly |
| expiate | to atone for; make amends for |
| torpid | dormant |
| zenith | the point of culmination; peak |
| admonish | to advise of a fault; gently scold |
| erudite | scholarly |
| penitence | remorse for one's misdeeds |
| malevolent | spiteful, showing ill will |
| contiguity | the state of being adjacent, nearby, touching |
| sagacity | a keen intellect; a discerning nature |
| commodious | 1.) handy and serviceable; 2.) roomy; spacious |
| transfigured | changed the appearance of; metamorphosed |
| iniquity | wickedness |
| propagate | to reproduce or cause to reproduce |
| somniferous | tending to produce sleep |
| odious | inciting hate, repugnance, or disgust |
| presentiments | a prophetic sense of something to come |
| machinations | concealed working and scheming for some devious purpose |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| efficacious | capable of producing an intended effect |
| ethereal | resembling air, as in lightness; airy |
| temporal | of, relating to, or limited by time |
| imbibe | 1.) to receive and retain in the mind 2.) to drink |
| emaciated | feeble, very thin |
| tremulous | marked by trembling or quivering |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary; rare or unusual |
| Providence | divine guidance or care |
| pillory | to be exposed to public scorn |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes |
| elixir | a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinitely |
| parochial | 1. of or relating to a church parish 2. limited in scope; narrow and provincial |
| manifestly | obvious |
| deportment | behavior; bearing |
| dearth | scarcity |
| penance | an act of self-mortification or devotion performed by way of demonstrating contrition for sin |
| intrinsic | pertaining to the essential nature of a thing |
| imperious | domineering; overbearing |
| Pallid | pale |
| dauntless | fearless |
| cabalistic | having secret or hidden meaning; occult; mysterious |
| pastoral | of or relating to shepherds and rural life |
| venerable | worthy of reverence, adoration, or worship |
| benevolence | disposition to do good |
| ligaments | any unifying or connecting tie or bond |
| vivify | to give or bring life to; to animate |
| fain | readily; willingly |
| emolument | payment for one's job or for services rendered |
| ascetic | self-denying; austere; morally strict |
| repugnance | the state of feeling extreme dislike or aversion |
| ulcerated | affected with lesions of the skin, resulting in death of the tissue |
| intimations | a hint or other indirect sign; a subtle implication |
| prolific | producing offspring or fruit in great abundance |
| caprice | an impulsive change of mind |
| anathema | a vehement denunciation; curse |
| phantasmagoric | having to do with a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever |
| remonstrance | n.: a speech or gesture of protest, objection, or reproof |
| intervolutions | n.: intertwining coils |
| genial | adj.: having a pleasant or friendly disposition; cordial; kindly; conducive to life or growth; giving warmth; mild |
| obstinacy | n.: the state or quality of being stubborn, inflexible, difficult to manage; an act or instance of stubbornness |
| purport | n. 1. the apparent meaning or purpose; import; significance |
| perpetrate | v. 1. to be guilty of; commit 2. to carry out; |
| requital | n.1. the act of making repayment 2.return, as for an injury of for some friendly act |
| quaff | v. 1. to drink heartily |
| expostulation | n. 1. the act of reasoning earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrance |
| feigned | v. 1. to give a false appearance; to pretend; to sham |
| Ponderous | adj.: 1.having great weight; massive; huge 2. graceless or unwieldy from weight |
| Inauspicious | adj.: not fortunate or prosperous; ill-omened |
| Indubitably | adv.: in a manner too apparent to be doubted; unquestionably |
| Heterodox | adj.: not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially church dogma |
| Prefigured | v.: suggested; indicated; represented by a model; foreshadowed |
| Evanescent | adj.: Vanishing or likely to vanish; transitory; fleeting |
| Ignominy | n.: dishonor; infamy; a disgraceful act or conduct |
| Brazen | adj.: made of brass; having a loud, resonant sound; impudent; bold |
| Contumely | n.: rudeness or contempt in behavior or speech; insolence |
| Spectral | adj.: of or resembling a specter; ghostly |
| Preternaturally | adv.: abnormally; exceptionally; in a way that differs from what is natural |
| Sumptuary | adj.: 1. regulating or limiting expenses 2. regulating personal behavior on moral or religious grounds |
| conceit | n. 1. vanity 2. fanciful thought or idea 3. and ingenious or witty thought or expression |
| ineffable | adj. 1. beyond expression, indescribable or unspeakable; 2. not to be uttered, taboo |
| turgid | adj. 1. swollen or distended; bloated 2. excessively ornate in style or language; grandiloquent |
| florid | adj. 1. flushed with rosy color; ruddy 2. heavily decorated; flowery. |
| debauchee | n.: a person who habitually indulges in dissipation or debauchery; libertine |
| septic | adj. 1. putrefied. 2. causing putrefaction |
| dilatory | 1. tending or intended to delay 2. characterized by procrastination; syn: slow, tardy. |
| redolent | adj. 1. fragrant; aromatic; having a sweet smell 2. suggestive; reminiscent |
| amorphous | adj. 1. without a definite form; lacking a specific shape 2. unorganized; formless. |
| provincial | adj. 1. of or relating to a province. 2. of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated. 3. limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered. |
| superfluous | adj. Excessive. More than is necessary. 2) Doing more than what is called for |
| garrulous | adj. 1. given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk. 2. wordy and rambling |
| supercilious | adj. haughty; scornful; disdainful |
| peremptory | adj. putting an end to all debate or action; not allowing refusal or contradiction. |
| contiguous | adj. sharing an edge or boundary; nearby; adjacent |
| sumptuous | adj. lavish; suggesting great expense |
| tumultuous | adj. noisy; disorderly |
| discordant | adj. conflicting; not in accordance 2. disagreeable in sound |
| innuendo | v. A derogatory hint or reference to a person or a thing; an implication or insinuation (usually derogatory or. sexual) |
| punctilious | adj. attentive to finer points of etiquette than normal |
| vestige | n. a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something, the smallest amount of something. |
| sporadic | adj. occurring occasionally, irregularly, or in scattered, random instances. |
| impel | v. 1.) compel 2.) influence through moral pressure |
| recompense | n. compensation, reimbursement, payment |
| mien | n. manner or expression |
| languor | n. sluggishness, loss of energy or strength |
| effluence | n. a substance that flows out of something |
| effervescence | n. 1.) bubbly (literally or figuratively) 2.) lively in spirit; vivacity |
| tempestuous | adj. stormy, turbulent |
| buccaneer | n. pirate |
| probity | n. integrity |
| animadversion | n. critical remark |
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