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Vocab Words for Ms W
Vobulary words for Mrs. Wentworth
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Adj.- Theoretical/ not concrete |
| Acquiescent | Adj.- Reluctantly Agreeable,complaint |
| Assail | verb- To attack with words or force |
| Affable | adj.- Friendly Easygoing |
| Beguile | Verb- to cheat or deceive, usually through charm |
| Benediction | noun-Good wishes; a blessing |
| Belligerent | adj.- Having a strong tendency to argue and fight |
| Benign | adj.- gentle; kind hearted; mild; favorable |
| Bolster | verb- to support; to reinforce |
| Castigate | verb- to scold; to punish |
| Cacophony | noun- a collection of sounds or voices that don't blend together well; harshness of sound |
| Capitulate | verb- to surrender or to yield |
| Capricous | adj.- unpredictable; quick to change one's mind |
| Choler | noun- anger |
| Despot | noun- a tyrant |
| Destitute | adj.- Poor; lacking possessions |
| Desultory | adj.- lacking a plan; aimless |
| Discerning | adj.- Insightful; perceptive |
| Doleful | adj.-Extremely sad |
| Emulate | verb- to imitate or copy |
| Esoteric | adj.-Known to, or understand by a group of people |
| Extemporaneous | adj.- Done without planning; improvised |
| Enmity | Noun- Deep seated often mutual hatred |
| Fastidious | adj.- 1. Possessing or displaying careful attention to detail.2. Difficult to please |
| Flagrant | adj.- Conspicuously bad, offensive or reprehensible |
| Fledgling | Noun- A youngling or sometimes young bird. |
| Foresight | noun- The ability to see ahead anticipate or predict |
| Furtive | Adj.- Sneaky; Secretive |
| Garrulous | Adj.- very talkative |
| Gullible | Adj.- Easily deceived |
| Girth | Noun- the measured distance around an object |
| Glutton | Noun- A person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; some one with great endurance |
| Hackneyed | adj.- unoriginal; trite |
| Heinous | adj.- Shockingly Evil |
| Heresy | Noun- an opinion expressed in-defiance of generally accepted ideas |
| Homage | Noun- Tribute paid to an artist, writer, composer, etc. by incorporating some characteristic idiom or style of the person in ones work. |
| Hyperbole | Noun- A figure of speech in which the expression is evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed or by which things are represented as much greater or less,better or worse, than they really are |
| Imminent | Adj.- Likely to occur at any moment;impending |
| Immutable | Adj.- Unable to change |
| Impetuous | Adj.- making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive |
| Impair | Verb- To weaken in strength or value |
| Incongruous | Adj.- Out of place |
| Insolent | Adj.- Rude; haughty |
| Jeopardy | Noun- Hazard or risk of exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury |
| Jocular | Adj.- Intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious |
| Judicious | Adj.- Good decisions or judgments |
| Juxtapose | Verb- to place side-by-side |
| Kindle | verb-To start a fire; to ignite; to arouse |
| Laconic | Adj.- quiet; of few words |
| Lethargic | Adj.- tired; sluggish; drowsy |
| Levity | -n-lightness; playfulness; jocularity SYNONYM FOR JOCULAR |
| Lugubrious | adj-mournful |
| Ludicrous | adj-absurd; ridiculous |
| Malign | v-to say evil or harmful things about someone; to defame; to vilify SYNONYM FOR VILIFY |
| Malediction | Noun- a curse ; an impecation of a curse |
| Marred | adj.- blemished with injury |
| Meager | adj.-deficient in quantity or quality |
| Mellifluous- | adj-smooth; sweetly flowing |
| Mendacity | n-a lie; a false statement |
| Mundane | adj.- ordinary; not spiritual |
| Neophyte | noun- a beginner synonym for fledgling |
| Nostalgic | Adj.- wishing for a return to the way things used to be |
| Nuance | Noun- a subtle difference |
| Nurture | Verb- To feed and protect; to support and encourage |
| Obscure | adj.- not clear or plain; ambiguous vague or uncertain |
| Obsequious | adj.- complaisance |
| Onerous | adj.- burdensome; oppressive |
| Pacifist | Noun- a person who refuses to fight |
| Paltry | adj.- small amount or value |
| Pervade | Verb- to become spread out to all parts |
| Phlegmatic | adj.- calm; unemotional |
| Pithy | adj.- to the point; concise |
| Quandary | Noun.- a state of doubt or confusion; dilemma |
| Rampant | adj.- unrestrained; widespread |
| Relegate | verb- to send or consign to an inferior position |
| Reticent | adj.- disposed to be silent or not speak freely; reserved |
| Rebuff | verb- to check; to drive away; repel |
| Unkempt | adj.- messy; sloppy; uncombed |
| Upbraid | verb- to criticize severely; castigate; to scold |
| Undermine | verb- to sabotage |
| Uniform | adj.- similar; consistent |
| Ubiquitous | adj.- existing everywhere at the same time |
| Usurp | verb- to seize or take over by force |
| Vacillate | Verb- to move back and forth between choices |
| Vacuous | adj- empty; stupid; purposeless |
| Vagrant | Noun- a homeless person; a wanderer |
| Vapid | adj.- insipid; flat; plain |
| Vilify | verb- to speak ill of; to defame |
| Xenophobia | Noun- An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
| Yield | Verb- to give forth or produce; to surrender |
| Taciturn | adj.- quiet; laconic |
| Tenuous | adj.- flimsy; thin |
| Terse | adj.- of few words; to the point |
| Sanguine | adj.- optimistic; cheerful |
| Serpentine | adj.- coiled; twisted; winding |
| Sonorous | adj.- loud; full in sound; booming |
| Spurious | adj.- false; fake; misleading |
| Stoic | Noun or adjective- a person who shows no response to pleasure or pain; some one who is impassive, stoic describes this type of person |
| Aloof | adj.- apart; detached |
| Alltruistic | adj.- unselfish; caring; putting others before your self |
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