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Junior Vocab Midterm
junior year vocab midterm
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise |
| lackadaisical | lazy |
| legacy | bequest gift of property |
| liability | disadvantage |
| libel | slander |
| litigation | lawsuit |
| lucid | easily understoodrational, clear |
| lucrative | profitable |
| lurk | lie in concealment |
| malapropism | ridiculous misuse of a word |
| malice | evil intent for others to suffer |
| mammoth | gigantic |
| mandatory | required |
| medium | middle/environment/means of communication |
| mercenary | working for money/rewardprofessional soldier hired for foreign army |
| moot | debatablepurely academic |
| morass | marshtroublesome situation |
| motley | diverseheterogeneous |
| mundane | commonunimaginative |
| myriad | very great number |
| narcissistic | self-loving |
| nebulous | hazy, indistinct |
| negligible | so small it's meaningless |
| nepotism | favoritism to relatives |
| nomadic | migratoryrestlessly mobile |
| nominal | so-calledpertaining to a name |
| nostalgia | longing for the past |
| novice | newcomer |
| nuance | subtle difference |
| obscene | offensive |
| obsequious | obedient |
| obsession | domination of one idea |
| obsolete | no longer in use |
| officious | aggressive in offering one's services |
| ominous | foreboding |
| opportune | favorable |
| ostensible | pretended |
| ostracize | exclude |
| pandemonium | chaos |
| paradox | seemingly contradictory statement |
| paraphrase | restate |
| parochial | related to parishes |
| parody | satirical imitation |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| peremptory | imperious dictatorial |
| perjure | render guilty by lying under oath |
| permeate | penetrate |
| pernicious | hurtfuldeadly |
| persevere | pesist |
| phobia | fear |
| plagiarism | stealing a person's work |
| plaintive | mournful |
| plethora | excessoverabundance |
| poignant | emotionally distressing |
| precarious | dangerousrelying on outside circumstances |
| precocious | advanced in development |
| predatory | preying on othersrobbing/plundering |
| prelude | preliminary to something |
| premise | proposition supporting a conclusiontract of land including buildings |
| prerogative | exclusive right |
| probity | integrity/honesty |
| procrastinate | me |
| prodigious | huge or wonderful |
| prolific | productivefruitful |
| promulgate | declareproclaim formally |
| propensity | natural inclination or tendency |
| propitiate | appease |
| protacted | drawn outprolonged |
| prowess | exceptional skill |
| pseudonym | fictitious name used by author to conceal identity |
| purge | rid, clear, free of |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| quell | extinguish |
| quixotic | chivalrous + romanticimpulsive + unpredictable |
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