Kernes English 10 vocab 1-75 2011
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The vocabulary terms covered in English 10 over the 1st semester. Words #1-75
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 serrated | adj.; Saw-toothed, notched |
| detrimental | adj.; Harmful. |
| sagacious | adj.; Showing wise judgment. |
| accolade | n.; High praise, honor |
| propound | v.; To propose, to present |
| ebullient | adj.; Bubbling over with high spirits |
| exculpate | v.; To clear from insinuated charge or fault, to free from blame or guilt |
| deferential | adj.; Showing polite respect, appropriate consideration, courteous regard |
| retrospect | n.; A looking back to the past |
| assiduous | adj; Constant in application or effort, unremitting, persevering, working diligently. |
| guileless | adj.; Innocent, naive, incapable of deceit. |
| divulge | v.; To reveal |
| aspiring | adj.; Ambitious, seeking, longing for |
| enigma | n.; A riddle, puzzle, something very difficult to understand |
| sparse | adj.; Thinly scattered, not dense |
| mercenary | n.; "Gun for hire", a soldier who fights for monetary gain instead of patriotism |
| innuendo | n.; An insinuation |
| symmetry | n.; Proportion, harmony, balance |
| vivid | adj.; clear, inescapable |
| connoisseur | n.; Authority, expert, gourmet |
| penitence | n.; Remorse, the showing or feeling of regret that one has done wrong |
| ephemeral | adj; Momentary or fleeting, lasting a very short time. |
| apathy | n.; Lack of interest or concern, indifference |
| vestige | n.; Remnant, a trace of something that disappeared |
| accentuate | v.; To emphasize, to make more noticeable |
| emulate | v; To follow or try to excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass. |
| omnipotent | .; All seeing, all knowing, all powerful, mighty |
| indolence | n.; Idleness, laziness |
| elated | adj.; Feeling very pleased or proud, joyful. |
| congeal | v.; To thicken, to jell, to coagulate. |
| misconstrue | To misinterpret, to misunderstand |
| jaundiced | adj.; Envious, begrudging, intolerant, unfair, bigoted. |
| hypotheses | n.; (pl.) Educated guesses, a supposition put forward to account for certain facts and used as a basis for further investigation by which it may be proven or disproved. |
| extrinsic | adj.; External, originating from outside, not belonging to the basic nature of a person or thing. |
| bemoan | v.; To lament, to complain (not as strong as "grieve"). |
| credulous | adj.; Gullible |
| discretion | n.; Good judgment, freedom to act according to one's own judgment |
| skeptic | n.; "Doubting Thomas", disbeliever, cynic |
| ossify | v.; To change into bone; to harden |
| amass | v.; To heap up, to collect |
| enervate | v; To deprive of force or strength; to weaken. |
| deride | v.; To laugh at scornfully, to ridicule. |
| condescension | n.; Patronizing manner or behavior |
| parry | v.; To block the thrust |
| repudiate | v.; To reject or disown utterly, to deny totally |
| evade | v.; To avoid giving a direct answer |
| insatiable | adj.; Unquenchable, unappeasable |
| philanthropist | n.; One who is charitable, a humanitarian. |
| hypochondriac | n.; One who is obsessed with his physical maladies |
| risque | adj.; Slightly improper, suggestive, daring (French). |
| caricature | n.; Satirical cartoon or picture |
| innovative | adj.; new methods, new approaches |
| laconic | adj.; Concise, terse, to the point, pithy |
| incessant | adj.; Unceasing, continually repeated |
| intermittent | adj.; Occurring at intervals, not continuous |
| malicious | adj.; Desiring to cause harm, spiteful |
| inkling | n.; Hint, suggestion |
| abridge | v.; To deprive of |
| circumvent | v.; To find a way around |
| teeming | adj.; full to overflowing |
| acumen | n.; Quickness and keenness of judgment or insight |
| petulant | adj.; Peevish, irritable over petty annoyances. |
| indulge | v.; To give into your own desires (or of others) |
| tenacious | adj.; Holding firm [a tenacious grip], retaining well [a tenacious memory], cohesive, adhesive, persistent, stubborn |
| mundane | adj.; Worldly, everyday, ordinary |
| raucous | adj.; Hoarse, rough sounding |
| standoffish | adj.; Aloof, remote, unapproachable, unsociable; cool (to an idea) |
| dubious | adj.; Doubtful [a dubious character] [a dubious remark]. |
| rancorous | adj; Hateful, bitter resentment or ill-will. |
| pretentious | adj.; Affectedly grand, acting superior, ostentatious |
| despondent | adj.; Dejected, hopeless |
| autonomy | n.; Self-government, independence. |
| intrepid | adj; Resolutely fearless, courageous. |
| epiphany | n.; a revelation, a sudden recognition of the essence or meaning of something |
| apocryphal | adj.; Of doubtful authorship or authenticity, fictitious. |
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