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Semester 2 vocab
English semester 2 vocab definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| engender | To bring into excistence |
| genre | Kind sort or style especially in literature or art |
| genteel | belonging or suited to polite society |
| indigenous | occurring or living naturally in an area not introduced native |
| genealogy | account of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor or ancestors |
| summit | the highest point or highest part the top |
| superlative | of the highest order quality or degree surpassing or superior to all others |
| Supercilious | Characterized by haughty scorn disdainful |
| Summa Cum Laude | With highest praise an honor added to diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality |
| supersede | to take the place of replace or succeed |
| attenuate | to make slender fine or small |
| distend | to become bloated and turgid as if from an internal pressure swell out |
| portentous | an indication of something momentous or calamitous about to occur ominous |
| tenuous | having slight importance not substantial |
| tentative | done as a trial or experiment hesitating not firm |
| intransigent | refusing to moderate and extreme position |
| transgress | to break a law or a command |
| transient | passing soon fleeting not lasting |
| transmutation | the act of changing from or form into another |
| transcendent | surpassing others of the same kind pre eminent |
| psychosis | any severe form of mental disorder which produces deep far reaching disruption of normal behavior and social functioning |
| psychoanalysis | examination of a person's mind to discover the unconscious desires fears that produce mental and emotional disorder |
| psyche | The human soul or spirit the mind |
| psychopath | person having a disorder of personality characterized by anti social behavior |
| psychobabble | writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance |
| adversity | a state of hardship or affliction misfortune |
| aversion | intense dislike turning away from |
| inadvertent | not duly attentive; unintentional |
| inversion | reversal of the usual or natural order of words |
| versatile | capable of turning competently from one task subject or occupation to another having aptitude |
| acquiescent | inclined to consent or agree quietly |
| quest | search or hunt |
| inquisitive | asking many questions curious |
| inquest | a legal inquiry especially before a jury held to determine the cause of death |
| questionable | open to question or dispute doubtful uncertain |
| transcribe | to make a written or typed copy of dictated material |
| scripture | any writing or book especially when of a sacred or religious nature |
| script | written text of a play or motion picture |
| scribble | to write hastily or carelessly |
| inscribe | adress or dedicate something to a person by writing a brief personal not in or on it |
| preclude | to make impossible or impractical by previous actions |
| reclusive | withdraw from the world to live in solitude and seclusion as a hermit |
| closure | bringing to an end conclusion |
| cloister | a place of religious seclusion as a monastery or convent |
| disclose | to expose to view as by removing a cover uncover |
| convocation | calling together or an assembly |
| evoke | call forth out or up |
| irrevocable | incapable of being retracted or revoked irreversible |
| proactive | tending to provoke exciting stimulating |
| vociferous | making an outcry charecterized by loudness |
| morbid | not wholesome unhealthy |
| moratorium | a authorized delay of a specified activity |
| mourn | to feel or express sorrow or grief |
| mortify | to wound the feelings of to humble or shame to humiliate |
| moribund | at the point of death or extinction dying |
| fractious | inclined to make trouble unruly |
| infraction | the act of breaching or violating infringement |
| infringe | to break or ignore the terms or obligations to disregard |
| fragment | a part broken away a piece rather than a whole |
| refract | to deflect light or sound |
| oblique | indirect or evasive not straightforward |
| obliterate | to do away with completely to destroy |
| obsequious | overly compliant or willing to please fawning |
| obsolete | no longer in use or fashion |
| obstruct | to block or fill with obstacles make impassable |
| proclivity | natural propensity or inclination |
| prodigal | recklessly wasteful extravagant |
| prodigious | impressively great in size force or extent enormous |
| prolific | produce a great number of something |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances auspicious |
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