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Honors Englis 1@CHS

Vocabulary for Mrs. Brunners Class

QuestionAnswer
Volition Making a concious choice (freewill)(antynomn:drafted)
dissent to dissagre
Conspicous easily seen obvious, flagrentantynomn:subtle
extol honnor, exultantonym: shun
ironic the opposite of what you would expect usually funny
novel(not a book) new, unusual
provocative to cause a reaction
condone desregard, overlook, permit
depravity moral coruption
advocate to support
ascetic person who leads a simple life
profound marked by intelectual depth(honking)
dogmatic havin an opinion that isn't baised on fact
volantary volition, chosing to do something
lax loose slack
coalesce together, unitedcomes together, not easily seperated
blasphemy going against something sacred
credulous gullible
static showing little or no change
immutible unchangable
concise clear able to say a lot in few wordsnot verbose
flagrant obvious not subtle
dubious doubtfull, skepticalnot credulous
atrophy degereration or weakening from lack of use
benign Kindly, not harmful
complaint follow rules, coroperation
facilitate to direct, to make better
exemplify to be an example
contrite a form of repentence
emulate to be like/similar
brawn strong
innumerable not able to count
authoritarian someone who makes/cary's out rules
meander wandering,winding
inadvertent accidentalnot planned
caustic 1.sarcastic2.something that can burn through things, acid
tedious time consuming(chore)not concise
esoteric only understood by a select fewhard to grasp
amiable nice, frindly, congenial
sycophant doing something nice for something in returnsuck up
innate born with naturalynot learned
ambivalent not caring either waynot dogmatic
levity funnynes/sillynessnot serious or austere
cryptic seeming to have a hidden meaningnot practical
vacillate hesitate/chang your mind
solstice shortest/longest days of the year
exult praise, usually deals with religion
impertinent rude
design create, build
marsupial any animal with a pouch
bamboozle tricked, deciet, hoodwinked
alliteration phrase whear the first letters or voweles of the words are the same
voracious greed,(food related)(ravenous) exesivily eager, Hunger
tumult disturbance
fallacy a false or mistaken idea
eclectic selection what appears to be best from different methods
decorum proper behavior
embargo when you stop trading with a country
undulate to form/move in waves
quandary state of puzzlement
daign to do something in a manner that is with distatst doing a favor but not liking it
Vilify to speak ill of, to slander, defame
venerate to honnorlike extol
pretentious making exxagerated owtward showarrogant
nostalgia sentimental yearning for happiness of a former time
irascible irratable
heed to regard, acknowlage
hinderance something thats in your way
merger combing 2 companies
saccharine sweet (taste)sickenly nice (personality)
stanza an arangment of lines in a part of a poemparagraph of the poem
acquiesce unwillingly agreeing
ameliorate to make better, relieve
taciturn silent
efface obliterate, erase
elusive difficult to find or understand
arrogant cocky, superior
elaborate 1.lots of details2.complex
apprehensive cautous
preclude to make imposibleto exclude
congiel easy to get along withamiable
orthodox normal
condescend to speak as if you are superior
reproach to regect
solicit to ask
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