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Regents English 11: Vocab unit 10

Terms in this set (20)

Acerbic
*adjective
Definition: sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic in temper, mood, or tone
Example: Education is in a constant state of evaluation and reform that requires problem solving skills, not acerbic diatribes.
Angst
*Noun
Definition: a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity
Example: Our sister, still too young for school, played happily behind us, wondering what all the angst was about.
Begrudge
*Verb
Definition: to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure/ to look upon with disapproval or envy
Example: She's worked hard to get where she is. You shouldn't begrudge her the success she's earned.
Coherent
*adjective
Definition: logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated : CONSISTENT/having clarity or intelligibility : UNDERSTANDABLE/relating to or composed of waves having a constant difference in phase
Example: He is without a political agenda as he is without a coherent moral sensibility.
Credulous
*adjective
Definition: ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence/proceeding from credulity
Example: The people who benefit from Scientology generally regard the rank and file as a bunch of credulous rubes.
Divergent
*adjective
Definition: moving or extending in different directions from a common point : diverging from each other/differing from each other or from a standard
Example: Nearly a year later, the sisters are bedeviled by the divergent paths their illnesses took.
Enmity
*Noun
Definition: positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
Example: His basic diagnosis is that partisan enmity has created a fundamental breakdown in our political culture.
Feasible
*adjective
Definition: capable of being done or carried out/capable of being used or dealt with successfully
Example: But as advances in medical technology make a brain transplant increasingly feasible, the issue becomes more urgent
Heresy
*Noun
Definition: adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma/an opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma
Indigenous
*adjective
Definition: produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment/ of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group
Example: Unlike France, Italy relies on dozens of indigenous regional grape varieties for its prodigious range of wines.
Itinerary
*Noun
Definition: he route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one/a traveler's guidebook/a travel diary
Example: The ancient buildings and monuments of Luxor were high on the itinerary of the first modern tourists to the Levant ...
Liquidation
*Noun
Definition: to do away with especially by killing/to liquidate debts, damages, or accounts/to make clear
Example: Hundreds of small businesses went into liquidation
Narcissism
*Noun
Definition: Love of or sexual desire for one's own body
Example: Actual diagnosed narcissism seems to be quite rare, but narcissistic traits are more common and recognizable.
Paramount
*adjective: superior to all others : SUPREME
*Noun: a supreme ruler
Example: The paramount goal is to restore the colonial-era house with complete historical accuracy
Precocious
*adjective
Definition: exceptionally early in development or occurrence/exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
Example: A precocious musician, he was giving concerts when he was seven.
Pungent
*adjective
Definition: sharply painful/ having a stiff and sharp point/having an intense flavor or odor
Example: The left has often complained that what it needs isn't polite speech, but voices as pungent as those on the right.
Retrospect
*Noun: a review of or meditation on past events/in considering the past or a past event
*adjective: retrospective
*Verb: to go back over in thought/to engage in retrospection
Example: In retrospect, the idea of bringing COVID-19 patients into those facilities was doomed from the start.
Specious
*adjective
Definition: having a false look of truth or genuineness : SOPHISTIC/having deceptive attraction or allure
Example: a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination
Utilitarian
*Noun: an advocate or adherent of utilitarianism
*adjective: of, relating to, or aiming at utility
b: exhibiting or preferring mere utility
Example: Clearly, for a utilitarian like me, the benefits greatly outweigh the costs
Vulnerable
*adjective
Definition: capable of being physically or emotionally wounded/liable to increased penalties but entitled to increased bonuses after winning a game in contract bridge
Example: He was very vulnerable after his divorce.
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