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Final Vocabulary
Mr. Vandegrift's 9th Grade Final
| Word | Part of Speech | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| pitch | noun | angle; height |
| chid(den) | verb/adjective | to scold; scolded |
| thews | noun | limbs; muscles |
| interpose | verb | to go between |
| prick | verb/noun | incite; poke or spur |
| engrapht(ed) | verb/adjective | to firmly establish; grown together |
| wafture | noun | wave of a hand |
| lament(ation) | verb/noun | to mourn; a song or speech that expresses sorrow |
| emulation | noun | copy out of respect and admiration |
| puissant | adjective | powerful; wise; merciful |
| fawning | adjective | groveling; attempting to flatter |
| firmament | noun | the heavens |
| vouchsafe | verb | allow to happen |
| bayed | adjective | attacked or cornered like a hunted animal |
| extenuate | verb | to minimize; draw out |
| exigent | noun | excuse; reason |
| reveler | noun | party goer |
| ensign | noun | a flag used to identify a military group |
| obsequious | adjective | groveling; subservient; looking to curry favor from authority |
| ardent | adjective | passionate; emotionally warm |
| stratum | noun | a horizontal level, especially social |
| usurper | noun | person who takes power by force without authority |
| gendarmes | noun | French police |
| lithe | adjective | flexible; agile; supple |
| avowal | noun | a frank admission or acknowledgement |
| sublime | adjective | noble, majestic; of high spiritual worth |
| reverie | noun | abstract musing; day-dreaming |
| obstinate | adjective | stubbornly adhering to an opinion or attitude |
| proverbial | adjective | of or relating to a proverb |
| rapacity | noun | greed; cupidity; desiring live prey |
| despoil | verb | sack, plunder; deprive by force |
| parry | verb | deflect; avoid, especially a blow |
| implacable | adjective | impossible to appease |
| wrath | noun | anger, usually violent |
| abyss | noun | big hole |
| alacrity | noun | eagerness; cheerful willingness |
| obelisk | noun | a tall, four-sided, tapered shaft of stone that rises to a point |
| undulating | adjective | moving in a smooth, wave-like motion |
| covert | adjective | not openly practiced; secretive |
| bohemian | noun | person with artistic or literary interests that disregards conventional behavior standards |
| diaspora | noun | a dispersion of an originally homologous people |
| heady | adjective | intoxicating or stupefying |
| defer | verb | allow an authority to make a decision because of their better judgment |
| petulant | adjective | unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered |
| quarry | noun | hunted animal; large hole in the ground where rock is mined |
| drove | noun | a large body of like things |
| supercilious | adjective | feeling or showing haughty disdain |
| shell | verb | separate kernels (of corn) from a cob |
| bile | noun | greenish-yellow fluid secreted by the liver |
| tallow | noun | animal fat, used in candles and soap |
| remiss(ness) | adjective/noun | lax in attending to duty; negligence |
| fast | adjective/adverb | firmly fixed or fastened; securely |
| propitiate(ory) | verb/adjective | conciliate; attempting to please or win favor |
| wane | verb | to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline |
| malcontent | adjective/noun | dissatisfied with existing conditions; a chronically dissatisfied person |
| furtive | adjective | surreptitious or shifty; suggestive of hidden motives |
| usury | noun | practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest at an exorbitant rate |
| rake | noun | an immoral or dissolute person; libertine |
| poultice | noun | a soft, moist mass of material heated and applied to the body to relieve aching or soreness |
| noblesse oblige | noun | benevolent, honorable behavior considered to be the responsibility of privileged individuals |
| roughshod | adjective | (horseshoes) having nails or points to prevent slipping; marked by brutal force |
| comely | adjective | pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive |
| inveterate | adjective | firmly and long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
| dissolute | adjective | lacking moral restraint; indulgent in sensual pleasures or vices |
| piquant | adjective | pleasingly pungent or tart in taste; spicy; appealingly provocative |
| doggerel | noun | verse with a comic or burlesque nature |
| sough | verb | to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound |
| conciliate | verb | overcome distrust or hostility of; placate |
| paean | noun | song of praise, joy, thanksgiving, or victory |
| astride | adverb/preposition | positioned between the legs |
| stolid | adjective | not easily moved emotionally or mentally; impassive |
| canter | noun | an easy gallop |
| prodigal | adjective | wasteful or recklessly extravagant (with money) |
| facetious | adjective | humorous; not intended to be taken seriously |
| quavering | adjective | shaking or trembling |
| terrier | noun | a breed of dog used to hunt rodents |
| agape | adverb/preposition | in the open position |
| audacious | adjective | bold; recklessly brave or fearless |
| gamin | noun | urchin; neglected boy left to run about the streets |
| lurid | adjective | gruesome, horrible, and revolting; causing one to stare |
| cowl | noun | a hooded, loose-fitting garment worn by monks |
| rend | verb | separate into parts using force or violence |
| compunction | noun | a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of conscience for doing wrong; contrition |
| teamster | noun | a person responsible for driving a team of horses to move goods |
| harangue | verb/noun | to deliver a scolding or vicious nagging; a tirade |
| yokel | noun | a rustic; country bumpkin |
| wend | verb | to proceed or go; travel |
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