english-11th grade midterm exam vocab.
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| pugnacious |  combative |
| imperious | commanding; in the manner of a king or queen |
| recumbent | in a reclining position |
| belligerent | combative; warlike |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or awe; hard to overcome of handle |
| prodigious | enormous; amazing; immense |
| circumspect | cautious; careful |
| manifold | in numerous ways; various |
| dolorous | sad; mournful |
| ineffable | inexpressible |
| inauspicious | not favorable; not promising |
| venerable | impressive because of age or reputation |
| ignominious | shameful; humiliating |
| remonstrance | an object; a peal of protest |
| heterogeneous | of different origins; not of the same kind |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| tremulous | quivering; trembling |
| expostulation | an objection |
| lurid | sensational; shocking |
| inscrutable | mysterious; incapable of being understand |
| contumaciously | obstinate |
| caprice | a whim; sudden change of mind |
| anathema | strong curse |
| imbibe | to drink or take in |
| unobtrusive | inconspicuous; modest |
| importunate | annoyingly persistence; insistent |
| inimical | hostile; threatening |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| ethereal | not earthly; light and delicate; heavenly |
| impalpable | not perceptible to the touch |
| propinquity | nearness |
| sedulous | hardworking; diligent |
| deleterious | harmful to health |
| propensity | inclination; tendency |
| loquacity | talkativeness |
| vicissitude | an unforseeable change |
| indolence | laziness |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively |
| doleful | sorrowful |
| felicity | happiness; bliss |
| insidious | deceitful; treacherous |
| vigilant | alert to danger |
| infallibility | inability to be wrong; reliability |
| malleable | readily adaptable; yielding to others |
| impunity | freedom or exemption from punishment or penalty |
| alacrity | prompt and eager readiness |
| desist | to stop, cease, or abstain |
| austere | severely simple or plain; without ornament or comfort |
| torpor | sluggishness; inactivity |
| sublime | noble; majestic |
| superfluous | unnecessary |
| ostentatious | intended to attract notice; flashy |
| sagacious | wise; shrewd |
| inscrutable | not easily understood |
| pertinaciously | holding firmly to some purpose |
| precipitous | very steep |
| importunate | insistent |
| specious | seeming to be sound without actually being |
| insipid | lacking flavor; dull; bland |
| pertinacity | obstinate persistence; holding onto an opinion or purpose |
| anomalous | abnormal |
| original sin | christian belief that everyone is born sinful |
| the Elect | Calvinist term for the people God had chosen to be saved |
| salvation by grace | good works and good deeds don't get you into heaven-only the good of oneself |
| "city upon a hill" | the model christian society |
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