click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Semester 2 Vocabular
Surabaya International School Grade 10 Vocabulary words fors semester 2
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Anarchist | N.A lawless person |
Apprenticeship | N.Someone who is taken as a trainee |
Arsonist | N.Somone who burns stuff |
Asserted | V.To state something being true |
Asylum | N.Protection from extradition |
Augury | N.Omen |
Auspicious | Adj.Promising well for future |
Blitzkrieg | N.Swift military offensive |
Blunt | Adj.Not sharp |
Calamity | N.A disastrous event |
Capillary | N.Thin blood vessel |
Centrifuge | N.A seperation equipment |
Cinch | N.Something easily done |
Chorister | N.Singer in choir or chorus |
Compress | V.To press things together |
Contemptible | Adj.Deserving to be treated with hatred or disrespect |
Contentious | Adj.Creating disagreement |
Convalescence | N.Recuperating patient |
Crest | N.Top of curve or slope |
Deference | N.Respect |
Defile | V.To corrupt something |
Dentifrice | N.Tootpaste |
Devour | V.To eat something quickly |
Disperse | V.To scatter |
Dodder | V.To shake or tremble |
Drench | V.To soak someone or something |
Eddy | N.A small whirl |
Effulgence | N.Brightness |
Enfeeble | V.To weaken |
Flourish | V.To be healthy or grow well |
Forlorn | Adj.Lonely and miserable |
Foyer | N.Entrance hall |
Furies | N.Greek avenging goddesses |
Garment | N.A piece of clothing |
Gimmick | N.A dishonest trick |
Hymn | N.Religious song |
Hypnotize | V.To put someone in a state of hypnosis |
Ignite | V.To light or catch fire |
Illumination | N.The provision of light to make something visible or bright |
Incinerator | N.Furnace or burner |
Insidious | Adj.Gradual and harmful |
Insidious | Adj.Gradual and harmful |
Insolence | N.Disrespectful |
Inveigle | V.To entice or lure someone |
Kerosene | N.A colorless flammable oil |
Linguist | N.A speaker of several languages |
Lithe | Adj.Flexible, supple, and graceful |
Luxuriously | Adj.Comfortable and expensive |
Malicious | Adj. Intentionally harmful |
Manses | N.House used by employees |
Meddle | V.To interfere in somebody else's concern |
Metropolis | N.Large city |
Mourn | V.To express sadness at somebody's death |
Obligate | V.To force someone to do something legally or morally |
Oblivion | N.State of being forgotten |
Odious | Adj.Hateful |
Pantomime | N.Someone wo acts without speaking, using gesture and expression; Mime artist |
Parados | N.First ode, or choral song, in a Greek tragedy |
Pedant | N.Someone too concern with rules and details |
Piety | N.Religous devotion |
Pious | Adj.Religious |
Plummet | V.To drop downward fast |
Proclivity | N.Natural tendency |
Quarry | N. A rich source of something |
Ramshackle | Adj. Badly built or broken down |
Rationalize | V. To offer a reasonable explanation for something |
Recoils | V. To move back suddenly |
Repulse | V. To draw back or repel |
Reverend | Adj. Deserving to be shown respect |
Ricocheted | V. To rebound |
Rouse | V. To shake somebody out of apathy |
Salamander | N. A small animal resembling lizard |
Salient | Adj. Noticeable or striking |
Sated | V. To satisfy somebody's desire |
Sedate | V. To calm somebody |
Seigneurs | N. A man of rank |
Senile | Adj. Forgetful or confused |
Sententiously | Adv. Full of cliche |
Sieve | N. Meshed utensil |
Somberly | Adv. Dark and gloomy |
Suffuse | V. To spread over something |
Sultry | Adj. Hot and damp |
Swagger | V. To walk in an arrogant way |
Tacit | Adj. Implied by not expressed |
Thimble | N. Cover for finger when sewing |
Trample | V. To tread on something |
Transcends | V. To go beyond limit |
Transgress | V. to break the law |
Trifle | N. A small quantity |
Unhinged | V. To dislocate something |
Untrammeled | Adj. Not restricted |
Vault | N. Stengthened room for valuables |
Ventilator | N. Machine that helps somebody breathe |
Vigil | N. A night watch |
Waver | V. To begin to change opinion |
Yield | V. To agree on somebody's demand |
Wrath | N. Great anger |
Prodigious | Adj. Wonderful or marvelous |
Procession | N. A group of people moving forward |
Distress | N. Mental suffering |