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Vocab Unites 4-9
Junior Year- Vocab Unites 4-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| umbrage | shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; offense; a vague suspcion |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof |
| unctuous | excessicely smooth or smig; trying too hard to give an impression of earnstness; fatty, oily |
| proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| expiate | to make amends, make up for |
| petunlant | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
| exhort | to urge strongly |
| expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnst reasoning |
| inadvertent | resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional; accidental |
| lurid | causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| transcend | to rise above, or beyond, exceed |
| ferment | a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulance; to be in or work into such a state |
| commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| aplomb | poise, ,assurance, great self-confidence |
| provincial | pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind or outlook; a person with a narrow point of view |
| peculate | to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's one use |
| appropation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originally |
| callow | without experience; immature; not fully developed |
| adventitious | resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness especially in trying circumstances |
| prerogative | a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
| innuendo | a hint; indirect suggestion or reference |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing form the mouth or nose;foolish;aimless talk; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| stringent | strict, severe; regorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste |
| coalition | a combination, union, or merger or some specific purpose |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural; matters involving the supernatural |
| hiatus | a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong hold) |
| infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| decadence | decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
| epitome | a summary, condensed account; represents a larger reality |
| circuitous | roundabout, not direct |
| noncommittal | not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no |
| simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs |
| wheedle | to use coaxing or falttery to gain some desired end |
| abominate | to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
| ameriorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| elicit | to draw forth, to bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| meritorious | worhty, deserving recognition and praise |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture; to hurl down from a great height; characterized by a distinct haste |
| ascribe | to assign or refer to, attribute |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else; to seve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| acculturation | the modification of the social patterns, traits; the resultant blend |
| nominal | existing in name only, not realtoo small to be considered taken seriously |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy |
| jaded | wearied, wornout, dulled ( in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence |
| enjoin | to direct or order; to prohibit |
| obium | hatred, contempt |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily chocked or upset |
| corpulent | fat; having a large, bulky load |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| gauntlet | a challenge |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passage or words from a written text; to purify |
| disspassionate | impartial, calm, free from emotion |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| impugn | to call into question, to attack as false |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, to refer, turn over; to banish |
| abate | to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit |
| grandious | grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or granduer; exaggerated |
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
| stalwart | strong, sturdy, brave; a strong supporter |
| mitiagte | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
| desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, pollute |
| infraction | a breaking of a law or obligation |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| inconsequential | trifling, unimportant |
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity; confering benefits, doing good |
| austere | severe or stern in manner; harsh or sour in flavor |
| punctilious | very careful and exact; attentive to fine points |
| pillage | to rob of goods; booty, act of looting |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
| restitution | the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position |
| vulnerable | open to attack |
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
| debase | to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade |
| disconcert | to confuse; disturb the composure of |
| concoct | to create |
| penury | severe poverty |
| pretentious | doing for show |
| adulation | extreme flattery |
| novice | beginner |
| nebulous | cloudlike |
| dilatory | intending to delay |
| recapitulate | to review a series of facts, to sum up |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| anathema | an object of extreme dislike |
| supposition | something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
| torpid | sluggish; dull; inactive |
| egregious | standing out in a bad way |
| irresolute | RON KLOSKA (can not make up somes mind) |
| equivocate | talking in a way that allows more than one interuption |
| resuscitate | bring back to life |
| avarice | a greedy desire |
| slovenly | untidy, dirty, careless |
| astute | shrewd, crafty |
| evanescent | passing by |
| expedite | to make easy |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| subservient | subordinent in capacity or role; submissively obiedient; seving to promote some end |
| seditious | resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |
| tenuous | thin' slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness, of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported |
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