1st Semester Exam Vocab. Words
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FrancescaGuss on December 6, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acquittal | not guilty |
| Assert | to express |
| Condescend | to stoop |
| Elite | select group |
| Evolve | to develop gradually |
| Fortitude | strength |
| Inarticulate | unable to speak |
| Mentor | wise teacher |
| Notoriety | fame |
| Contemptuous | showing scorn |
| Analogy | a comparison |
| Antiquity | old times |
| Electorate | voters |
| Ethical | right/wrong |
| Excerpt | piece of a passage |
| Heresy | idea that's different from accepted belief |
| Paternal | fatherly |
| Pauper | very poor |
| Posthumous | after death |
| Prophetic | foretelling events |
| Amiable | agreeable |
| Bayou | swampy, marshy land |
| Grimace | negative facial expression |
| Indomitable | unconquered |
| Malleable | changeable |
| Melodramatic | over dramatic |
| Succumb | to yield |
| Vibrant | energetic |
| Visage | facial appearance |
| Whimsical | curious ideas |
| Apprehensive | anxious |
| Callous | Insensitive |
| Commendable | worthy of praise |
| Indignant | angry |
| Ineffectual | not good enough, inadequate |
| Judicious | sensible, wise |
| Mystic | religious seeker |
| Paraphrase | restate |
| Personification | representation |
| Verbatim | word for word |
| Affiliate | Associate |
| Encumber | burden |
| Exalted | excited |
| Invariably | always |
| Plausible | reasonable |
| Pompous | self-important |
| Portly | stout |
| Proximity | nearness |
| Rejuvenate | make young |
| Unprecedented | unique |
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