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Vocab Hon11 2nd Seme
FC
| Vocab2nd | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chicanery | Using tricks to decieve others |
| Chimera | Impossible Fantasy |
| Contentious | dispute |
| Depose | force from office, power. Take (deposition) statement under oath |
| Disingenuous | Not straight forward, calculating, "Phony" |
| Draconian | very harsh, severe Singapore is a country with draconian punishments |
| Evanescent | short duration, passing quickly |
| Fatous | mindless, foolish, unintlligent |
| Furtive | sneaky, secretive The man moved in a furtive way around the house |
| Indefatigable | Cannot be tired |
| Insipid | Lacking flavor or zest. |
| Intractable | Difficult to manage,govern,cure,stubborn,unruly |
| Misconstrue | distort the meaning of, misinterpret |
| Misnomer | A name wrongly applied to a person, place or object in a legal document |
| Mitigate | lessen the severity of, to calm or relieve |
| Myriad | very large indefinate number,composed of many elements |
| Neophyte | recent convert to a belief, newcommer,a beginner. first time something shows up in a new area |
| Nettle | to irritate. |