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BHS 4A Voc 1-5
Units 1-5 Vocabulary for 4A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amorphous | shapeless; not organized |
| Guile | cunning; deceit |
| Sanguine | naturally cheerful and hopeful; confident |
| Protégé | 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 |
| Proffer | to offer |
| micros | small |
| minus | negative quality |
| magnus | great; important |
| poly | much; many |
| pre | before |
| primus | first |
| post | after; later |
| canto | chant |
| adroit | clever; skillful in a mental or physical way. |
| allay | to lessen or 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| expatriate | one who is exiled or has withdrawn from one's own native land. |
| feign | to pretend; to make up. |
| dirge | a funeral hymn. |
| monos | one; alone |
| bi | two |
| tri | three |
| quartus | fourth |
| decem/deca | ten |
| centum | hundred |
| omnis | all; every |
| totus | whole |
| nego | deny; refuse |
| assimilate | to absorb; incorporate |
| cognizant | aware of or informed about something. |
| discursive | rambling or long-winded. |
| ennui | boredom, disinterest, listlessness. |
| farcical | ridiculous; exaggeratedly comical |
| fortuitous | happening by chance. |
| Hyperbole | an obvious exaggeration. |
| Incognito | in disguise; under a false name. |
| Mesmerism | hypnotism; intense fascination. |
| Omniscient | all knowing; having infinite knowledge. |
| poli | city; method of government |
| photo | light |
| sol/soly | alone; single |
| man | hand |
| spir | breathe; soul; breath |
| Abject | miserable; wretched. |
| Prosaic | ordinary; commonplace. |
| Propriety | conventional standards. |
| Revile | to attack with names. |
| Admonish | to caution; to warn. |
| Commensurate | in proportion. |
| Phlegmatic | indifferent; sluggish. |
| Distraught | upset; agitated. |
| Nebulous | hazy; vague; not clearly defined. |
| Euphemism | mild substitute expression. |
| soci | to join; companions |
| mem | recall |
| logy/logist | study of |
| de | separation |
| sub | under |
| port | carry |
| mis/mit | send; put |
| vers/vert | turn; change |
| Banal | commonplace; trite; overused. |
| Bellicose | quarrelsome; warlike. |
| Finesse | delicate skill; subtlety. |
| Glib | smooth but insincere. |
| Pseudonym | fictitious name. |
| Lampoon | to satirize. |
| Lugubrious | mournful; sad. |
| Nefarious | wicked; law-breaking. |
| Nemesis | unconquerable foe; avenger. |
| Purloin | to steal. |
| vis | see |
| re | again |
| phon | call |
| dict | speak; say |
| graph | written |
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