English Fall Exam 2011 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Laconic | using few words in speech |
| Complacent | lacking respect; scornful |
| Ameliorate | to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension |
| Bellicose | of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent |
| Detrimental | harmful |
| Detached | aloof; indifferent |
| Obsequious | obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner |
| Hidebound | strongly opinionated; narrow mindedly stubborn |
| Adulate | to praise or flatter too greatly; fawn over |
| Culinary | having to do with cooking; preparing meals |
| Frugal | careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful |
| Furtive | sneaky |
| Incidental | less important; minor |
| Aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty |
| Fleeting | short-lived |
| pithy | and full of meaning and substance; percise |
| Contemptuous | lacking respect; scornful |
| appease | to make tranquil or quiet especially by giving in to another's demands; to pacify |
| belligerent | taking fight in war or fighting; ready to fight |
| mercenary | greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making |
| devious | dishonest or deceptive; tricky |
| impassive | lacking emotion or drive |
| servile | slave-like; very humble and submissive |
| intractable | stubborn; hard to manage |
| esteem | to value highly; to have great regard for |
| delectable | delicious |
| itinerant | wandering about; tending to move around, travel |
| inconspicuous | hardly noticeable |
| ascetic | person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures |
| inconsequential | irrelevant; of no significance; unimportant |
| Quiescent | quiet; still; inactive |
| Disdainful | full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof |
| Assuage | to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify |
| cantankerous | bad-tempered or irritable; quarrelsome |
| miserly | careful with how money is spent; thrifty |
| iniquitous | showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious |
| indifferent | apathetic; showing little or no concern or care |
| slavish | slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work |
| obdurate | Resistant to persuasion or softening; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| eulogize | to praise, as in a eulogy; to say good things about |
| emaciated | very, very thin due to lack of adequate food |
| nomadic | wandering |
| sly | underhanded, furtive |
| irrelevant | not relating to the matter at hand |
| atheistic | without a belief in any god |
| Brevity | briefness or conciseness in speech or writing |
| Arrogant | overbearing; proud; haughty |
| Allay | to lessen fear; to claim; to relieve pain |
| Animosity | hatred; ill will |
| Austere | having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance |
| Baneful | causing ruin; harmful; pernicious |
| Aloof | uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant |
| Compliant | yielding, submissive |
| Adamant | unwilling to bend; unyielding |
| Acclaim | to express strong approval or praise; hail |
| Ample | abundant; plentiful; enough or more than enough |
| Abstemious | holding back from eating or drinking too much |
| Ephemeral | lasting a short time; fleeting |
| Clandestine | hidden, secret, concealed |
| Extraneous | not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant |
| Acrid | bitter, harsh |
| concise | using few words in speaking or writing |
| braggart | one who boasts a great deal |
| alleviate | to lessen pain or discomfort |
| antagonism | hatred or hostility |
| avaricious | greedy |
| deleterious | harmful to one's overall health or welfare; pernicious |
| apathetic | indifferent; showing no caring, interest, or concern; lacking emotion |
| fawning | gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by using flattery |
| dogmatic | strongly oponionated; rigid; dictatorial |
| accolade | an award given as a sign of appreciation or respect |
| alimentary | relating to food and nourishment |
| evanescent | vanishing quickly; fleeting |
| covert | secret, hidden |
| frivolous | not having substance, a sense of importance, or seriousness; silly; trivial; trifling |
| arid | dry; lacking water |
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