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GHS final exam vocab
Mr. Jenkins' English I final exam May 2010 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| having conflicting feelings: A | ambivalent |
| able to speak or express oneself clearly or effectively: A | articulate |
| doing good; performing good deeds: B | benevolent |
| contented or self-satisfied to the point of not striving to improve one’s situation: C | complacent |
| mysterious; secretive; having a hidden or ambiguous meaning: C | cryptic |
| distrustful of others; disbelieving in sincerity or integrity of others: C | cynical |
| thrifty; cheap; careful with resources: F | frugal |
| humiliating; dishonorable; disgraceful: I | ignominious |
| unlawful; illegal: I | illicit |
| about to happen; going to occur soon: I | impending |
| relating to the sea, especially to commerce or navigation on the sea: M | maritime |
| extremely small; insignificant: M | minuscule |
| following or occurring after death: P | posthumous |
| unsteady; unstable; unsure: P | precarious |
| able to recover quickly from misfortune or difficulty; able to return quickly to its original shape: R | resilient |
| wise: S | sage |
| clever; intelligent; keenly aware: S | shrewd |
| showing no emotion; unexcitable: S | stolid |
| devoted to study or reading; scholarly; attentive: S | studious |
| gracious and confident; smoothly polite: S | suave |
| attempting to overthrow or undermine a government or political system from within: S | subversive |
| capable of being touched; palpable; concrete: T | tangible |
| cheap and flashy; sleazy: T | tawdry |
| using few words: T | terse |
| showing complete agreement with no one opposed: U | unanimous |
| eerily remarkable: U | uncanny |
| awkward; difficult to handle: U | unwieldy |
| lacking intelligence, stupid; lacking substance or meaning; lacking expression, vacant: V | vacuous |
| alert for danger or trouble; watchful: V | vigilant |
| full of yearning or desire, tinged with sadness: V | wistful |
| opponent: A | adversary |
| difficulty; misfortune; hardship: A | adversity |
| convenience; something that comforts: A | amenity |
| lack of interest or concern; indifference: A | apathy |
| passion; strong feeling: A | ardor |
| greed: A | avarice |
| involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime: C | complicity |
| outward physical behavior and appearance of a person: D | demeanor |
| conduct; behavior: D | deportment |
| a group of people within a larger group of people, united for a common cause or belief: F | faction |
| type or category of literary expression; type of literature, film, etc.: G | genre |
| fake; one who assumes a false identity for the purpose of deception: I | impostor |
| a new and unusual thing; novelty; something newly introduced: I | innovation |
| the time between one event and another: I | interim |
| something handed down from an ancestor or from the past; money or property left to someone in a will: L | legacy |
| a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension: M | misgiving |
| a word or phrase that reads the same both backward and forward: “Madam, I’m Adam.”: P | palindrome |
| danger: P | peril |
| a fictitious reason or motive: P | pretext |
| large quantity; a lot of something: P | profusion |
| bitter hatred or ill will: R | rancor |
| kingdom; region: R | realm |
| determination; firmness of character, action, or will: R | resolution |
| compensation; payback; the act of restoring something: R | restitution |
| merrymaking; partying; festivity: R | revelry |
| isolation; solitude; aloneness: S | seclusion |
| secrecy; sneakiness: S | stealth |
| dull or half-conscious state of mind: S | stupor |
| commotion; uproar; hubbub: T | tumult |
| retaliation for another's act; punishment in return for harm done; revenge; retribution: V | vengeance |
| agree, comply with, submit to; consent or comply passively: A | acquiesce |
| decorate; add beauty to: A | adorn |
| destroy completely: A | annihilate |
| make amends; make up for bad deeds; pay for: A | atone |
| amuse or charm; delight; enchant: B | beguile |
| surrender; yield: C | capitulate |
| go around or bypass: C | circumvent |
| pay an appropriate amount; to offset an error or deficit: C | compensate |
| give up; admit to: C | concede |
| approve of: C | condone |
| gather with others in one place: C | congregate |
| think about; ponder: C | contemplate |
| struggle; compete in a contest for: C | contend |
| shrink away from something menacing; crouch quivering: C | cower |
| wander off the topic: D | digress |
| drive away; scatter: D | dispel |
| avoid; escape; get away from: E | elude |
| establish, settle: E | ensconce |
| explain; state; comment on: E | expound |
| hesitate, stumble (physically, verbally, mentally): F | falter |
| seek favor or affection by flattery or extra attention: F | fawn |
| look, stare, or glare angrily: G | glower |
| urge or prod to take action: G | goad |
| push and shove: J | jostle |
| give generously; give a lot freely; squander (“_______ gifts on someone”): L | lavish |
| resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: M | mediate |
| bring together; gather: M | muster |
| get; obtain: P | procure |
| affirm; declare or admit freely or openly: P | profess |
| cause to last longer: P | prolong |
| commit destructive action; plunder; destroy violently: R | ravage |
| correct a situation or problem: R | rectify |
| make payment: R | remit |
| walk slowly; amble: S | saunter |
| treat with disliking or disrespect: S | scorn |
| isolate or cut off from the general mass or general population: S | segregate |
| avoid deliberately; ignore: S | shun |
| go beyond; exceed: S | surpass |
| oppress; exercise arbitrary unjust or oppressive power: T | tyrannize |
| float or blow gently, as if on the wind: W | waft |
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