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English 10, 6 weeks

First six weeks vocab words

QuestionAnswer
Adament (Adj) Forceful, Inflexible
Adjacent (adj) near, next to, adjoining
Astute (adj) Perceptive, Cleaver
Barren (adj) not productive, empty, bare
Boorish (adj) rude
Expedient (adj) useful for affecting a desired result
Fastidious (adj) nor easy to please
Germinate (v) to begin to grow
Hiatus (n) a interuption, pause, or break
Interrogate (v) to examine by questioning
Languid (adj) tired, slow
Obsure (v) to partially hide, to cover
Profuse (adj) flowing freely, generous, excessive
Prosaic (adj) uninspired, dull, banal
Twart (v) to prevent
Abstract (adj) not relating to concrete objects, conceptual
Ample (adj) abundant
Anecdote (n) a short account of an incident in someone's life
Augment (v) to add
Brevity (adj) briefness
Consolidate (v) to combine
Fallible (adj) capable of being wrong
Incoherent (adj) impossible to understand
Mitigate (v) to make milder
Obsolete (adj) out of date
Renovate (v) to repair
Reprehensible (adj) shameful, bad
Sullen (adj) silent and brooding
Terse (adj) short and to the point
Vehement (adj) intense in emotion
Abrogate (v) to abolish
Acclaim (n) praise
Aesthetic (adj) pleasing to the senses
Benevolent (adj) pleasing to the senses
Capricious (adj) impulsive
Deride (v) to ridicule
Diligent (adj) attentive and persistent
Engender (v) to create
Entreat (v) to beg
Fanatic (n) one who is very devoted to cause or an idea
Grimy (adj) very dirty, covered with dirt or soot
Novel new, unsual
Panacea (n) a cure all remedy
Plausible (adj) credible, believeable
Tirade (n) a stream of verbal abuse
Amiable (adj) friendly
Docile (adj) easily taught
Eccentric (adj) odd
Indolence (n) lazziness
Inquisitive (adj) eagar for knowledge
Laud (v) to praise
Meticulous (adj) extreme detail care
Perinent (adj) relevent
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