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English Vocab 6/07
vocab for exam
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| prostrate | (adj/verb) stretched out with face on ground in adoration or submission |
| interlude | (n) interruptive period |
| reprieve | (v) to delay the punishment of |
| rations | (n) food alowance for a certain period of time |
| dysentry | (n) disease with severe diahrea, mucus, and blood from the bowels caused by infection |
| robust | (adj) having strength/rigorous health |
| quarentine | (n) state of enforced isolation |
| apathy | (n) lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern |
| humane | (adj) marked by compassion, consideration, and sympathy for others |
| grimace | (v) facial expression of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| nocturnal | (adj) of, relating to, active, or occurring at night |
| livid | (adj) discolored by bruising; angry |
| pious | (adj) showing reverence to a diot/devotion to divine worship |
| interminable | (adj) having, seeming to have no end |
| wizened | (v) to become dry, shriveled, or wrinkled because of aging |
| morale | (n) spirit of a group that makes members of the group want to succeed |
| infernal | (adj) of or relating to hell; very bad, unpleasant |
| refuge | (n) shelter, protection from danger or distress |
| oppressive | (adj) cruel or harsh w/o just cause |
| expelled | (v) to drive or force out |
| adversary | (n) an enemy, opponent |
| alienate | (v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| artifice | (n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill, trickery |
| coerce | (v) to compel, force |
| craven | (adj) cowardly (n) a coward |
| culinary | (adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
| delete | (v) to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| demise | (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| exhilarate | (v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| fallow | (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow (n) land left unseeded (v) to plow but not seed |
| harass | (v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
| inclement | (adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| muse | (v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
| negligible | (adj) so unimportant it can be disregarded |
| perpetuate | (v) to make permanent or long lasting |
| precedent | (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
| punitive | (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress | (v) to set right, remedy (n) relief from wrong or injury |
| sojourn | (n) a temporary stay (v) to stay for a time |
| urbane | (adj) refined in manner or style, suave |
| affiliated | (adj,part) asociated, connected |
| ascertain | (v) to find out |
| attainment | (n) an accomlishment; the act of achieving |
| bequeath | (v) to give or pass on as an inheritance |
| cogent | (adj) forceful, convincing, relevant, to the point |
| converge | (v) to move towards one point; approch nearer together |
| disperse | (v) to scatter, spread far and wide |
| esteem | (v) to regard highly (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgement |
| expunge | (v) to erase, obliterate, destroy |
| finite | (adj) having limits; lasting for only a limited time |
| invlunerable | (adj) not be able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against |
| malevolent | (adj) spiteful, showing ill will |
| nonchalant | (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned |
| omniscient | (adj) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding |
| panacea | (n) a cure-all, answer to all problems |
| venial | (adj) pardonable |
| supercilious | (adj) acting with a feeling of superiority |
| scrupulous | (adj) painstaking, paying close attention to details |
| uncanny | (adj) mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange |
| skulk | (v) to move in a steathly manner |
| altruistic | (adj) unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others |
| assent | (v) to express agreement (n) agreement |
| benefactor | (n) one who does good to others |
| chivalrous | (adj) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly |
| clemency | (n) mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness |
| dearth | (n) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine |
| diffident | (adj) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved |
| discrepancy | (n) a difference, lack of agreement |
| embark | (v) to go aboard; to make a start; to invest |
| facile | (adj) easily done or attained; superficial; ready; fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt |
| indomitable | (adj) unconquerable, refusing to yield |
| infallible | (adj) free from error; absolutely dependable |
| plod | (v) to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly |
| pungent | (adj) causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
| remiss | (adj) neglectful in one's duty, careless |
| repose | (v) to rest; lie; place (n) relaxation; peace of mind, calmness |
| temerity | (n) rashness, boldness |
| trulucent | (adj) fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh |
| unfeigned | (adj) sincere, real, without pretense |
| virulent | (adj) extremely poisonous; full of malice, spiteful |
| pernicious | (adj) causing great injury or ruin |
| augmenting | (v) increasing, enlarging |
| grievance | (n) injustice, complaint |
| transgression | (n) wrongdoing, sin |
| heretics | (n) those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church |
| cunning | (n) cleverness, slyness |
| procure | (v) get, obtain |
| vile | (n) worthless |
| predominant | (adj) having dominating influence over others |
| intercession | (n) the act of pleading on behalf of another |
| sallow | (adj) of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion |
| waverer | (n) one who changes or is unsteady |
| lamentable | (adj) distressing, sad |
| unwieldy | (adj) akward, clumsy |
| gallant | (adj) brave, noble |
| fray | (n) noisy fight |
| martial | (adj) military |
| exile | (v) banish |
| eloquence | (n) speech that is vivid, forceful, graceful, and persuasive |
| fickle | (adj) changeable |
| accede | (v) to yield to; assume an office or dignity |
| brandish | (v) to wave or flourish in a menacing fashion |
| comprise | (v) to include or contain; to be made up of |
| deft | (adj) skillful, nimble |
| destitute | (adj) deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in |
| explicit | (adj) definite, clearly stated |
| extirpate | (v) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally |
| inopportune | (adj) coming at a bad time; not appropriate |
| ironic | (adj) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what really happens; given to irony, sarcastic |
| musty | stale, moldy, out-of-date |
| officious | (adj) meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority |
| ominous | (adj) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen |
| pinnacle | (n) a high peak or point |
| premeditated | (adj, part) considered beforehand, deliberately planned |
| rampant | (adj) growing without check, running wild |
| solace | (n) comfort, relief (v) to comfort, console |
| stately | (adj) dignified, majestic |
| supple | (adj) bending easily/with agility, readily adaptable, servile |
| suppress | (v) to stop by force, put down |
| venal | (adj) open to or marked by bribery or corruption |
| dramatic irony | says one thing wile the meaning is different from what the character thinks it means though the audience/other characters undertand more |
| imagery | words and phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses |
| narrative poem | poetry that tells a story |
| dramatic poetry | poetry in which lines are spoken by one or more characters to express their thoughts and feelings |
| metaphor | compared one thing to another without using like/as |
| personification | gives human characteristics to and animal, object or idea |
| pun | play on words, one that wittily exploits a double meaning |
| apostrophe | a direct adress of an object or person |
| foil | a character whos traits greatly contrast with those of another character |
| tragedy | drama w/central charater, usually of noble stature who meets w/disaster or great misfortune |downfall is the result of a)fate b)serious character flaw c)a and b.| finally, it uplifts the audience by showing the greatness of spirit which people are capable |
| rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyming words that appear at the ends of lines in a poem |
| similie | a figure of speech in which "like or as" in used to make a comparison between ideas that are basically dissimilar |
| lyric poetry | verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker through a highly musical style |
| rhythm | pattern of beats or stresses in language |
| alliteration | repitition of intitial consonant sounds |
| rhyme | repitition of the sounds at the ends of words |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitated sounds that they name (buzz, whirr, meow) |
| observation | the act of noting and recording something; noticing or perceiving |
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