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WFHS English Vocab
Vocab - Ms. Roberts Class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money |
| assiduous | diligent marked by careful, unremitting attention |
| inane | silly; senseless |
| utopia | imaginary land with perfect social and political system |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| exhort | urge |
| comeuppance | rebuke; deserts (deserved punishment) |
| wizened | withered; shriveled |
| lament | grieve; express sorrow |
| fraught | filled |
| verbose | wordy |
| dastard | coward(especially one who commits malicious acts) |
| tedious | boring; tiring |
| hap | chance; luck |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| jaded | fatigued; surfeited |
| yore | time past |
| reprimand | reprove severely |
| qualified | limited; restricted |
| kindred | belonging to the same family |
| naivete | quality of being unsophisticated |
| steadfast | loyal |
| marred | damaged; disfigured |
| obliterate | destroy completely |
| attenuate | make thin; weaken |
| proliferation | rapid growth; spread; multiplication |
| asinine | stupid |
| pretentious | ostentatious; ambitious |
| anathema | solemn curse |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| perdition | damnation; complete ruin |
| presumptuous | arrogant; taking liberties |
| protract | prolong |
| loquacious | talkative; garrulous |
| risible | inclined to laugh; ludicrous; funny |
| bard | poet |
| cogitate | think over; ponder |
| resurgent | rising again into life, activity, or prominence |
| meretricious | flashy; tawdry; cheap and gawdy |
| dappled | spotted |
| petulant | touchy; peevish |
| effete | worn out (of vitality or effectiveness); exhausted; barren |
| facade | front of a building; a false, superficial or artificial appearance or effect; face |
| recondite | abstruse(hard to understand); profound; secret |
| gargantuan | huge; enormous |
| husbandry | frugality; thrift; agriculture |
| importune | beg earnestly |
| jurisprudence | science of law |
| ken | range of knowledge |
| lassitude | languor; weariness |
| melange | medley; miscellany; mixture |
| niggardly | stingy; meager; parsimonious |
| onerous | burdensome |
| paradigm | model; example; pattern |
| quail | cower; lose heart |
| raze | destroy to the ground; demolish |
| sacrosanct | most sacred; inviolable |
| tautology | unnecessary repetition; pleonasm |
| undulate | move with a wavelike motion |
| veracious | truthful |
| voracious | ravenous; excessively eager |
| wont | custom; habitual procedure |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness |
| apogee | highest point |
| bate | let down; restrain; moderate; reduce |
| bellicose | warlike |
| termagant | shrew; scolding, brawling woman |
| callow | youthful; immature; sophomoric |
| catechism | book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer |
| dais | raised platform for guests of honor |
| delve | dig; investigate |
| epoch | period of time |
| ethereal | light heavenly |
| fell | cruel; deadly |
| foment | stir up; investigate |
| gainsay | deny |
| gauche | clumsy; awkward (in regard to social graces); boorish (rude or ill mannered) |
| halcyon | calm; peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous; affluent |
| orthodox | traditional; conservative in belief; conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| heterodox | unorthodox; unconventional |
| icon | religious image; idol |
| inter | bury (a dead body) |
| junket | merry feast or picnic or social affair; journey for pleasure; trip made by an official at public expense |
| kismet | fate |
| lampoon | ridicule; deride |
| mogul | powerful person |
| machination | a scheme; a plot |
| megalomania | mania for doing grandiose things |
| potent | powerful; persuasive; greatly influential |
| obviate | make unnecessary; get rid of |
| opportune | timely; well chosen |
| paean | song of praise or joy |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| progeny | children; offspring |
| querulous | fretful; whining |
| rail | scold; rant |
| raucous | harsh and shrill |
| salutary | tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome |
| scintillate | sparkle; flash |
| sedulous | diligent; assiduous |
| tantamount | equal |
| urbane | suave; refined; elegant |
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth; likelihood |
| wanton | unruly; unchaste; excessive |
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