Grade 9 Honors English Vocabulary Group 2 Set 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Appurtenance | n: a secondary or less significant thing or part; an adjunct or accessory |
| August | adj: inspiring reverence or admiration; venerable or majestic |
| Brandish | v: to shake or wave usually a weapon; to flourish |
| Cloister | n: a covered walk especially at a religious institution having a colonnade; any quiet, secluded place |
| Contumely | n: a humiliating insult; contemptuous treatment |
| Deferential | adj: marked by or showing respect; reverential and courteous |
| Epitaph | n: an inscription on a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there; a brief statement commemorating someone or something |
| Epithet | n: a characterizing word or phrase accompanying the name of a person; a disparaging or abusive word or phrase |
| Equinox | n: either of the two points where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic; when day and night approximately equal in length |
| Festoon | n: a string or chain of flowers or ribbon suspended between two points; an architectural work representing this |
| Garner | v: to gather or deposit in a storage space; to get, acquire, or earn |
| Harangue | n: a speech addressed to a public assembly; a ranting speech or writing |
| Imputation | n: an attrition, as of fault of crime; an accusation |
| Intestate | adj: not having made a will; not disposed of by will |
| Libertine | adj: free of moral, especially sexual restraint; freethinking in religious matters |
| Minaret | n: a tall slender tower of a mosque from which the summons to prayer are called from by the muezzin; any tower resembling this |
| Mitigate | v: to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe |
| Perdition | n: utter destruction; eternal damnation |
| Propagation | n: the spreading of something, as a belief, abroad or into new regions; enlargement or extension in a solid body |
| Reticulate | adj: resembling a network; having veins, fibers, or lines crossed |
| Sangfroid | n: coolness of mind; calmness and composure |
| Superannuated | adj: too old for use, work, or service; obsolete or antiquated |
| Trenchant | adj: clearly or sharply defined; caustic or cutting |
| Utilitarian | adj: designed for use rather than beauty; practical, useful, or functional |
| Voluble | adj: characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent or talkative |
| Wanton | adj: done, shown, or used especially maliciously; deliberate and without motive of provocation |
| Welter | v: to roll, toss, or heave; to become deeply involved with |
| Wont | n: custom or habit; habitual practice |
| Zenith | n: the highest point or state; the culmination or apex |
| Zephyr | n: a gental, mild breeze; any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric or yarn etc. |
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