English Vocab Junior Year T2
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Created by:
eshy on January 30, 2012
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English, MICDS, Rappleye, T2, trimester 2, junior year, junior, 11th grade, 11, second trimester
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ablution | A washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of a religious rite |
| Discursive | Covering a wide field of subjects; rambling; Proceeding to a conclusion through reason rather than intuition |
| Ingratiate | To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort |
| Odium | The state or quality of being odious; Strong dislike, contempt, or aversion |
| Sabbatical | Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest; characterized by rest or cessation from labor or tillage |
| Syllogism | Reasoning from the general to the specific; A subtle or specious piece of reasoning |
| Vigor | Physical or mental strength, energy, or force |
| Contemptuous | Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful; Apt to despise |
| Hermetic | Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air; Impervious to outside interference or influence (the hermetic confines of an isolated life) |
| Iota | A very small amount; a bit |
| Pungent | Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation; To the point; sharp |
| Sepulchral | Of or relating to a burial vault or a receptacle for sacred relics |
| Turgid | Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent; Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated |
| Wanton | Immoral or unchaste; Gratuitously cruel; merciless; capricious and unjust |
| Apparition | A ghostly figure; a specter; A sudden or unusual sight; The act of appearing |
| Dulcimer | A narrow, often hourglass-shaped stringed instrument having three or four strings and a fretted fingerboard, typically held flat across the knees while sitting and played by plucking or strumming |
| Interpose | To insert or introduce between parts; To place (oneself) between others or things |
| Permeate | To spread or flow throughout; pervade |
| Salacious | Lustful; bawdy |
| Transient | Passing with time; transitory; Remaining in a place only a brief time |
| Vivacity | The quality or condition of being vivacious; liveliness; Vital force; vigor; Tenacity of life |
| Absolution | The formal remission of sin imparted by a priest, as in the sacrament of penance. |
| Accrue | To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment, To grow; increase; augment, An accession; addition |
| Blatant | Unpleasantly loud and noisy; Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive; Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly; Obvious, on show |
| Chicanery | Deception by trickery or sophistry |
| Cognoscenti | A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur (plural) |
| Egregious | Conspicuously bad or offensive; Above the common; beyond what is usual; extraordinary. In a good sense, distinguished; remarkable; Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion, Now, more commonly in a bad or condemnatory sense, extreme |
| Exude | To ooze forth; To exhibit in abundance |
| Fractious | Inclined to make trouble; Apt to quarrel; cross; snappish; peevish; fretful; rebellious |
| Hiatus | A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break; An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm |
| Poignant | Profoundly moving; touching; Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; Piercing; incisive; Astute and pertinent; relevant |
| Punctilious | Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct; exact (sometimes, to excess) in the observance of rules or forms prescribed by law or custom |
| Reprove | To voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; To find fault with; To disapprove; condemn |
| Solecism | A nonstandard usage or grammatical construction; A violation of etiquette; An impropriety, mistake, or incongruity; Any unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in behavior; a violation of the conventional rules of society |
| Sylvan | Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions; Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest; One that lives in or frequents the woods |
| Tautology | Needless repetition of the same sense in different words, redundancy; An instance of such repetition |
| tête à tête | Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy; A private conversation between two persons; A sofa for two, especially an S-shaped one allowing the occupants to face each other.; a friendly or close conversation |
| vitriolic | Bitterly scathing; caustic; similar to sulfuric acid |
| vulnerable | Susceptible to physical or emotional injury; Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or injuries, literally or figuratively |
| wheedle | To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends |
| wrought | Shaped by hammering with tools. Used chiefly of metals or metalwork; Put together; created; Made delicately or elaborately; A past tense and a past participle of work |
| Acrimonious | Angry and bitter |
| Affectation | Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress |
| Bohemian | unconventional |
| Callow | Inexperienced and immature |
| Candor | The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness |
| Elicit | Evoke or draw out |
| Facsimile | An exact copy |
| Fortuitous | Happening by accident or chance rather than design, Happening by a lucky chance |
| Innuendo | An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one |
| Jaded | Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something |
| Languid | Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed |
| Perfidy | Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness, betrayal |
| Proximity | Nearness in space, time, or relationship |
| Swank | Display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others |
| Tenuous | Very weak or slight, Very slender or fine; insubstantial |
| Vapid | Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging, dull |
| vis à vis | face-to-face with, as compared with, in relation to |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry, noisy, clamorous |
| zealous | enthusiastic, eager, fervent, keen, earnest, ardent |
| zeitgeist | The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time |
| abdicate | Renounce one's throne, Fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty) |
| cornucopia | A symbol of plenty, abundance |
| dilatory | Slow to act, Intended to cause delay, tardy, sluggish |
| illicit | Forbidden by law, rules, or custom |
| impetuous | Acting or done quickly and without thought or care; impulsive |
| mitigate | Make less severe, serious, or painful, lessen the gravity of, alleviate, allay |
| novice | A person new to or inexperienced in a field or situation, beginner |
| querulous | Complaining in a petulant or whining manner, peevish |
| reprobate | An unprincipled person, Unprincipled, scoundrel, villain |
| succubus | temptress, evil woman |
| surmise | Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it |
| verbose | Using or expressed in more words than are needed |
| vicarious | Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person |
| winsome | charming in a childlike or naive way; Attractive or appealing in appearance or character |
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