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Vital Vocab Q4
Vocabulary for quarter 4 of Honors English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| speculate (v) | form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence |
| salient (adj) | most noticeable or important |
| scathing (adj) | witheringly scornful; severely critical |
| scrupulous (adj) | (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details |
| seminal (adj) | (of a work, event, moment, or figure) strongly influencing later developments |
| sublime (adj) | of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe |
| succinct (adj) | (esp. of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed |
| surmise (v) | suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it |
| stoic (adj) | another term for stoical. Stoical - enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining |
| strident (adj) | loud and harsh; grating |
| tacit (adj) | understood or implied without being stated |
| tangent (n) | a completely different line of thought or action |
| tenable (adj) | able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection |
| tantamount (adj) | equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as |
| trenchant (adj) | vigorous or incisive in expression or style |
| truncate (v) | shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end |
| ubiquitous (adj) | present or seeming to be present, everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| vacillate (v) | alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive |
| utilitarian (adj) | designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive |
| undulate (v) | move with a smooth wavelike motion |
| vapid (adj) | offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging |
| vehement (adj) | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense |
| veracity (n) | conformity to facts; accuracy |
| vestige (n) | a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists |
| vivacious (adj) | attractively lively and animated |
| vocation (n) | a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation |
| wane (v) | (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size |
| whimsical (adj) | playfully quaint or fanciful, esp. in an appealing and amusing way |
| zealous (adj) | having or showing zeal |
| zenith (n) | the highest point reached by a celestial or other object |
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