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Vocab Words Set #2
The second 3 sets of vocab that we have learned in Honors English.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Austere | (adjective) severe or stern in manner; without adornment of luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
| Beneficent | (adjective) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
| Cadaverous | (adjective) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| Concoct | (verb) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (ad a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate |
| Crass | (adjective) coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
| Debase | (verb) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
| Desecrate | (verb) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
| Disconcert | (verb) to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
| Grandiose | (adjective) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
| Inconsequential | (adjective) trifling, unimportant |
| Infraction | (noun) a breaking of a law or obligation |
| Mitigate | (verb) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force of intensity |
| Pillage | (verb) to rob of goods by open force (ad in war), plunder; (noun) the act of looting; booty |
| Prate | (verb) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
| Punctilious | (adjective) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
| Redoubtable | (adjective) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
| Reprove | (verb) to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
| Restitution | (noun) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage |
| Stalwart | (adjective) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (noun) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising |
| Vulnerable | (adjective) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
| Acrimonious | (adjective) stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| Bovine | (adjective) resembling a cow/ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| Consernation | (noun) dismay, confusion |
| Corpulent | (adjective) fat; having a large, bulky body |
| Disavow | (verb) to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| Dispassionate | (adjective) impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| Dissension | (noun) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| Dissipate | (verb) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| Expurgate | (verb) to remove objectionable passages or words form a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| Gauntlet | (noun) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
| Hypothetical | (adjective) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| Ignoble | (adjective) mean, low, base |
| Impugn | (verb) to call into question; to attack as false |
| Intemperate | (adjective) immoderate, lacking in self control; inclement |
| Odium | (noun) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful concduct |
| Perfidy | (noun) faithlessness, treachery |
| Relegate | (verb) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| Squeamish | (adjective) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
| Subservient | (adjective) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
| Susceptible | (adjective) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
| Abate | (verb) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit |
| Adulation | (noun) praise or flattery that is excessive |
| Anathema | (noun)an object of intense dislike, a curse or strong denunciation |
| Astute | (adjective) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
| Avarice | (noun) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
| Culpable | (adjective) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
| Dilatory | (adjective) tending to delay or procrastinate; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone |
| Egregious | (adjective) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) |
| Equivocate | (verb) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous |
| Evanescent | (adjective) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy |
| Irresolute | (adjective) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating |
| Nebulous | (adjective) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct |
| Novice | (noun) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience |
| Penury | (noun) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency |
| Pretentious | (adjective) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; ambitious |
| Recapitulate | (verb) to review a series of facts; to sum up |
| Resuscitate | (verb) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence |
| Slovenly | (adjective) untidy, dirty, careless |
| Supposition | (noun) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
| Torpid | (adjective) inactive, sluggish, dull |
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