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Honors TKAM vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| malevolent | adjective--evil; malicious; wishing harm to others |
| deportment | noun--one's behavior |
| donned | verb--wore (as in clothing) |
| entailment | noun--the restriction of property by limiting the inheritance of the owners linear descendents |
| articulate | adjective--well-spoken or able to verb--to speak clearly and effectively adjective--able to speak clearly and effectively |
| taciturn | adjective--quiet or unlikely to talk--(USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON) |
| passe | adjective--behind the times; out of date; gotten old |
| desolate | adjective--barren or empty |
| cantankerous | adjective--ill natured or quarrelsome; argumentative |
| ascertaining | verb--making certain; figuring out |
| aberration | noun--a straying of the norm; an oddity |
| ambrosia | noun--a Southern dessert made of shredded coconuts and oranges |
| corroborating | adjective--supportive of a belief or statement |
| contemptuous | adjective--scornful; hateful; despising--(usually describes a person, rather than things) |
| haughty | adjective--showing an air of superiority; arrogant; disdainfully proud; describes someone who thinks he/she is better than others |
| cynical | adjective--critical and distrustful of human nature and motives; bitter about people in general; pessimistic about people |
| altercation | noun--a noisy or angry dispute; quarrel |
| mortifying | adjective -- embarrassing |
| wryly | adverb--ironically humorous |
| undulate | verb--to form and move in waves |
| vehemently | adverb--strongly; passionately; powerfully |
| formidable | adjective--causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| infallible | adjective--incapable of error |
| melancholy | depression; sadness; or depressed; sad--NOUN OR ADJECTIVE |
| venerable | adjective--admired or respected, usually due to age |
| tacit | adjective--unspoken; silently understood--USED FOR DESCRIBING THINGS OR IDEAS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE |
| condescended | verb--assumed an air of superiority--remember this is a past tense verb in the sentence (that's why assumed has an -ed in the definition) |
| acrimonious | adjective--biting or hateful, especially in language, feeling, or manner--IN CONTEXT CLUES, THIS WORD WILL BE USED TO DESCRIBE THINGS RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL PERSON) |
| adamant | adjective--unyielding or adjective--inflexible (which means when you have decided something, you will NOT change your mind) |
| martyred | verb--sacrificed for one's principles or beliefs |
| apprehensive | adjective--fearful of the future |
| provocation | noun-something that stirs up an emotion, such as anger |
| unfathomable | adjective--unable to be understood or measured |
Created by:
hayess@btcs.org
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