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English Vocab
English Vocab for your Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pacify | to soothe anger or agitation (verb) |
| pacifist | a person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to fight on moral/religious grounds (noun) |
| pact | an agreement between two or more people; treaty between nations to deal with problem (noun) |
| antebellum | existing before a war, especially before the civil war (US) (adj) |
| bellicose | warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome (adj) |
| belligerence | aggressiveness, combativeness (noun) |
| rebellion | open defiance, opposition, sometimes armed, to a person, thing, or authority |
| criminology | the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment (noun) |
| decriminalize | to remove or reduce the criminal status of (verb) |
| incriminate | to show evidence of involvement in a crime or fault (verb) |
| recrimination | an accusation in answer to an accusation against oneself (noun) |
| approbation | a formal act of approving; praise usually given with pleasure/enthusiasm (noun) |
| probate | process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person (noun) |
| probity | absolute honesty and uprightness (noun) |
| reprobate | a person of thoroughly bad character (noun) |
| amicable | friendly, peaceful (adj) |
| enamored | charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love (adj) |
| amorous | having or showing feelings of attraction and love (adj) |
| paramour | a lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom (noun) |
| grave | require serious thought or concern serious and formal in appearance or manner (verb) |
| gravitate | to move or be drawn toward something especially by natural tendency or by invisible force (verb) |
| aggravate | to make more serious and severe; to annoy or bother (verb) |
| alleviate | to lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical/mental suffering (verb) |
| elevation | the height of a place; act of result of lifting something (noun) |
| cantilever | a long piece of wood metal, etc that sticks out from a wall to support something above it (noun) |
| levity | lack of appropriate seriousness (noun) |
| gravitas | great or very dignified seriousness (noun) |
| kleptomania | mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things (noun) |
| dipsomaniac | a person with an extreme and uncontrolled desire for alcohol (noun) |
| megalomaniac | a mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance (noun) |
| egomaniac | someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others |
| psyche | soul, personality, mind (noun) |
| psychedelic | relates to a drug that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effects (hallucinations, visions, etc)(adj) |
| psychosomatic | caused by mental or emotional problems rather than physical illness (adj) |
| psychotherapist | one who treats mental or emotional disorder or related body ills by psychological problems (noun) |
| crim (root) | fault, crime, accusation |
| grav (root) | heavy, weighty, serious |
| lev | light, raise,lighten |
| bene | well |
| am | love |
| bell | war |
| pac | agree, peace |
| prob | prove, proof, honesty, integrity |
| psych | breath, life, soul |
| mania | madness, illness, excessive enthusiasm |
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