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BHS 4A Voc 1-6
Units 1-6 Vocabulary for 4A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dogma | strong set of personal beliefs |
| exhort | strongly urge |
| implicit | implied; assumed |
| inveigle | to win over with trickery or flattery. |
| nondescript | not memorable; not having individual characteristics. |
| nonentity | a person or thing of little or no importance |
| parsimonious | stingy; miserly; too economical |
| scurrilous | foulmouthed; given to the use of indecent language |
| sundry | various; miscellaneous |
| vociferous | loud and noisy; demanding |
| cresco | to grow |
| trans | across |
| erro | mistake |
| venio | come |
| tele | distance |
| via | path |
| volvo | transform |
| facio | create |
| micros | small |
| minus | negative quality |
| magnus | great; important |
| poly | much; many |
| pre | before |
| primus | first |
| post | after; later |
| canto | chant |
| amorphous | shapeless; not organized |
| guile | cunning; deceit |
| sanguine | naturally cheerful and hopeful; confident. |
| protege | someone whose welfare or career is helped by a more influential person |
| facile | easily done; not sincere or profound. |
| ascetic | self-denying |
| doggerel | badly written or trivial verse |
| decorum | proper action, speech, dress; polite behavior. |
| seraphic | angelic; of the highest order of angels. |
| proffer | to offer |
| monos | one; alone |
| bi | two |
| tri | three |
| quartus | fourth |
| decem/deca | ten |
| centum | hundred |
| omnis | all; every |
| totus | whole |
| nego | deny; refuse |
| adroit | clever; skillful in a mental or physical way |
| allay | to lessen; to relieve. |
| blazon | to proclaim; to display publicly |
| bravado | false bravery |
| choleric | having or showing a bad temper |
| colloquy | a conversation or conference |
| despot | an absolute ruler; a tyrant |
| expatriate | one who is exiled or who has withdrawn from one's native land. |
| feign | to pretend; to make up. |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| assimilate | absorb; incorporate |
| cognizant | aware of or informed about something |
| discursive | rambling; long-winded. |
| ennui | boredom; listlessness; disinterest |
| farcical | ridiculous; exaggeratedly comical |
| fortuitous | fortunate; occuring by chance |
| hyperbole | an obvious exaggeration |
| incognito | in disguise; under a false name |
| mesmerism | hypnotism; intense facination |
| omniscient | all knowing; having infinite knowledge |
| poli | city |
| photo | light |
| man | hand |
| sol/soly | alone |
| spir | breathe |
| abject | miserable; wretched |
| prosaic | ordinary; commonplace |
| propriety | conventional standards |
| revile | attack with names |
| admonish | caution; warn |
| commensurate | in proportion |
| phlegmatic | indifferent; sluggish |
| distraught | upset; agitated |
| nebulous | hazy; vague; not clearly defined |
| euphemism | mild substitute expression |
| soci | to join; companion |
| mem | recall |
| logy/logist | study of |
| de | separation |
| sub | under |
| port | carry |
| mis/mit | send/put |
| vers/vert | turn; change |
| banal | commonplace; trite |
| bellicose | warlike; quarrelsome |
| finesse | delicate skill; subtlety |
| glib | smooth but insincere |
| pseudonym | fictitious name |
| lampoon | satirize |
| lugubrious | mournful; sad |
| nefarious | wicked; law-breaking |
| nemesis | unconquerable for; avenger |
| purloin | steal |
| vis/vid | see |
| re | again; back; backwards |
| phon/o/e/y | sound |
| dict | speak; say |
| graph/y | writing; recording; written |
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