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English II Honors Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquittal | a judgement that a person is not guilty of the crime that they have been charged with |
| Assert | to state a fact or belief with confidence and force |
| Condescend | to show feelings of superiority |
| Contemptous | showing contempt or scorn |
| Elite | a group that has superior abilities or qualities in terms of the rest of a group or society |
| Evolve | to gradually develop from a simple to a complex form |
| Fortitude | courage through pain or adversity |
| Inarticulate | being unable to speak distinctly or clearly |
| Mentor | a trusted and experienced guide |
| Notoriety | the state of being famous or known for a bad or good deed |
| Analogy | a comparison between two things for an explanation or clarification |
| Antiquity | great age |
| Electorate | the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election |
| Ethical | moral principles |
| Excerpt | a short extract from a piece of music, writing, film, or broadcast |
| Heresy | a belief or opinion contrary to a religious doctrine |
| Pauper | a very poor person |
| Paternal | a father |
| Posthumous | awarded or occuring after the death of the creator |
| Prophetic | describing or predicting what will happen in the future accurately |
| Anthropology | the study of human cultures and societies and their development |
| Amiable | displaying a friendly and pleasant manner |
| Bayou | a marshy outlet of a lake or river |
| Grimace | an ugly expression on a person's face expressing pain, disgust, or wry |
| Indomitable | impossible to defeat or subdue |
| Malleable | able to be hammered or pressed permanently into a shape without breaking or cracking |
| Melodramatic | characteristic of melodrama, exaggerated, sensationlized, or over emotional |
| Succumb | failure to resist pressure or temptation |
| Visage | a reference to a person's facial features |
| Whimsical | playfully unusual in an amusing or appealing way |
| Apprehensive | anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen |
| Commendable | deserving praise |
| Judicious | having, showing, or done with good judgement or sense |
| Ineffectual | not producing any or desired effect |
| Mystic | an unknown or mysterious characteristic/a person who believes in a divine power |
| Indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment |
| Verbatim | in exactly the same words as were used originally |
| Callous/callus | showing an insensitive and cruel disregard for others/hardened skin |
| Paraphrase | to reword the meaning of someone's words for clarity |
| Personification | the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman |
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