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Matthew english
9th grade vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tangible | capable of being touched or felt |
| quarry | anything that is hunted or pursued, especially an animal |
| discern | to detect or recognize; make out |
| condone | to excuse or overlook an offense, usually a serious one, without criticsm |
| scruple | an uneasy feeling or hesitancy to act that arises from moral or ethical considerations |
| diverting | amusing; entertaining |
| deplorable | very bad; regrettable |
| imperative | absolutely necessary |
| zealous | very eager; enthusastic |
| plunder | to take(property) by force, especially in warfare |
| valor | great courage, especially in battle |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, awe, or admiration as a result of size strength power or some other impressive quality |
| guile | slyness; craftiness; skillful deception |
| ponderous | having great weight or bulk; heavy |
| profusion | plentiful amount; abundance |
| rebellious | defying authoriry |
| adversary | enemy |
| portentous | ominous, threatening |
| grievance | a real or imagined wrong |
| tyrannous | acting like a tyrant; cruel or unjust |
| transgression | the act of breaking a low or a command; sin |
| languish | pining; grief |
| oppression | cruel or unjust treatment |
| enmity | hostility or hatred |
| perverse | contrary and willful; stubborn |
| predominant | having more power or influence than others |
| distempered | disturbed |
| alliance | a union for some special purpose or benefit |
| lamentable | giving cause for sorrow |
| exposition | a detailed explanation |
| driveling | talking in a stupid, foolish manner |
| incorporate | to join or combine |
| dexterity | skill in using the hands, body or mind |
| eloquence | the art of speaking so as to stir up emotion |
| lamentation | loud grief |
| predicament | an unpleasant, difficult or bad situation |
| digressing | turning away from the main subject |
| reconcile | to bring into harmony |
| inundation | a flood, not necessarily of water |
| slander | a false spoken statement that damages a reputation |
| resolution | something decided on |
| arbitrating | mediating; giving a decision in a dispute |
| inexorable | relentless; persisten |
| detestable | abominable; horrid; hateful |
| sunder | to cut off; to sever |
| abhorred | hated |
| misadventure | an unfortunate accident; bad luck |
| intuitive | rising from an impulse or natural tendency; instinctive not learned |
| conviction | a firmly established opinion or belief |
| naive | innocent; unsophisticated |
| strive | articulate |
| ultimate | most significant; highest or final |
| circuitous | roundabout; indirect |
| incompetent | lacking ability, knowledge or fitness; not capable |
| disparity | inequality or difference |
| vilify | to defame or malign someone with vicious and abusive statements |
| prestigious | having widely recognized importance and influence |
| skeptic | one who tends to be doubtful or suspicious |
| vigil | constant watch |
| saboteurs | people who damage a country's property or resources |
| patriarch | male head of a family |
| sustenance | nutrtion |
| validation | confirmation; proof of being correct |
| pilgrimage | journey to a place held in honor or respect |
| obelisk | a tall pillar of stone used as a monument |
| placator | one who soothes or calms the anger of another |
| foreshadowing | prediction |
| semblance | appearance |
| adjourn | to stop business for a time |
| boycott | to refuse to do business with |
| compel | to force or pressure |
| congregate | to gather, usually in a crowd |
| contort | twist |
| fumigate | to expose to fumes to kill insects or other vermin |
| mesmerze | hypnotize |
| nullify | to cancel or invalidate |
| pummel | to pound or hit with repeated blows |
| retaliate | to get revenge |
| belligerent | hostile, war like |
| diligent | hard working dutiful |
| ethereal | delicate, exquisite |
| feeble | physically weak |
| forlorn | unhappy miserable |
| formidable | awe inspiring, impressive |
| indolent | lazy |
| mundane | ordinary |
| naive | unsophisticated, not very worldly or street smart |
| sullen | showing irritations or ill humor |
| accentuate | to emphasize |
| barrage | to deliver rapidly one after another |
| disheveled | messy disordered |
| emancipate | to free |
| fervenetly | with great feeling |
| gentile | a person who is not a Jew |
| harrangue | a ranting speech |
| interim | time in between; interval |
| silhouette | to project on a background showing only the outline |
| zealousness | eagerness to pursue something |
| abominations | objects of extreme hatred |
| acquiesce | to accept without argument |
| adherents | followers, believers |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery |
| degenerate | to decline in quality |
| gesticulate | to gesture while speaking |
| luminous | full of light |
| marauding | killing and raiding |
| phenomenon | an unusual fact or occurence |
| subconsious | thinking process of which a person is unaware |
| desecration | violation, destruction |
| disputant | person in an argument |
| dogmatic | believing in ideas despite lack of evidence |
| emendation | correction |
| empiricist | one who forms theories through experience rather than formal study |
| excommunicate | to cut off or ban, especially from a group or religion |
| lament | to complain |
| renaissance | rebirth, renewal |
| sporadically | off an on |
| tenuously | weakly |
| imputation | an accusation |
| parsimony | stinginess |
| instigate | to stir up or cause to happen |
| decreciate | to lessen the price or value of |
| prudence | cautious, good judgment |
| ravage | a destructive action or its results |
| coveted | desired strongly; wished fo longingly |
| self possessed | in control on oneself; composed |
| duly | rightfully; suitably |
| imminent | likely to happen soon |
| moor | a tract of open, rolling wild land, often having |
| infirmity | a weakness or ailment |
| impartial | nor favoring one side more than another, fair |
| emanate | to come forth |
| dire | dreadful, terrible |
| fervent | having or showing great intensity of feeling; passionate |
| imperious | extremely proud and controlling |
| novel | new and unusual |
| presume | to take upon oneself without permission or authority dare |
| unkempt | untidy; uncombed; messy |
| viviacious | full of life; lively |
| inarticulate | not clearly expressed or pronounced; unclear |
| obstinate | stubborn; difficult to persuade |
| precocious | desplaying maturity at an unusually early age |
| irately | in an entraged manner; angrily |
| simultaneoulsy | at the same time |
| contemplate | to give intense attention to; consider carefully |
| oblivious | unaware; not noticing |
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