ALL VOCAB LIST FOR FINALS!!

VOCAB LIST 1

ADUMBRATE:Report

APOTHEOSIS: highest point, climax

ASCETIC: abstain

CURMUDGEON: a bad tempered, difficult

BAUBLE: showy, usually cheap

BEGUILE: trickery, flattery, mislead, delude

BURGEON: to grow or develop quickly

COMPLEMENT: to make complete or to finish

CONTUMACIOUS: stubbornly disobedient

DIDACTIC: intended to teach 

VOCAB LIST 2



• INTERCEDE: To plead on an others behalf.

• Someone to intercede on behalf of an individual in need.

HACKNEYED: Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal

• The concept of an evil corporation is pretty hackneyed at this point.

APPROBATION: Approval, commendation; official approval sanction.

• There was a loud murmur of approbation from the crowd.

COALITION: A combination or alliance especially temporary one between person, fractions, state.

• Select a country name to see all the coalition members in that county.

INNEUNDO: An indirect inamation about a person or thing especially of disparaging or derogatory nature.

• There is no point in replying to this kind of innuendo.

ELICIT: To draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke.

• He elicit the truth so his older sister would get in trouble.

HIATUS: A break or interruptions in the continuity of work, series, action.

• I hate hiatus on TV.

ASSUAGE: To make milder, or less severe; relieve, ease, mitigate.

• Advil assuage my headaches.

DECADENCE: The act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state.

• Such behavior shows contempt for other life forms verging on decadence.

EXPOSTULATE: To reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done.

• His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.

SIMULATE: To create a simulation, likeness, or model.

• It all began when for the first time an artist tried to simulate the appearance of depth on a flat surface.

JADE: Worn out, broken down, worthless, or vicious horse.

• They get jaded and frustrated from seeing the same people coming in over and over.

UMBRAGE: Offense, annoyance, displeasure.

• Talking when the teacher is talking is umbrage to them.

PREROGATIVE: An exclusive right, privilege, exercised by virtue of rank, office.

• Having your licence is prerogative.

LURID: Gruesome; horrible; revolting.

• These lurid fears a genuine turn in public opinion.

TRANSCEND: To rise above or go beyond; overpass exceed.

• They teach us too transcend the false supremacy of one's own ego.

PROVINCIAL: A person who lives in or comes from the provinces.

• It was also something about the particular nature of the characters-they are fairly provincial and limited.

PETULANT: Move to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance.

• The teacher made the student petulant to another desk.

UNCTUOUS: Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fever, especially in affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.

• When bitten they collapsed with an unctuous squeich.

MERITORIOUS: Deserving praise, reward, praiseworthy.

• Up to two awards for meritorious work may be presented.

VOCAB LIST 3

encomium-formal expression of high praise.

 coherent- logically connected; consistent

 belabor-to beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows


eschew-to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid

acquisitive- tending or seeking to accrue and own,
often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions

emulate-to attempt to equal or surpass

 arrogate- assume or appropriate to oneself without right

 banal-devoid of freshness or originality

excoriation-the act of excoriating

 congeal-to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing

carping-characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding

 substantiate- to establish by proof or competent evidence

 temporize-to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting

 largesse-generous bestowal of gifts

 tenable-capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute

 insatiable-incapable of being satisfied or appeased

 reconnaissance-the act of reconnoitering

 germane-closely or significantly related; relevant

 ramify-to divide or spread out into branches

intransigent-refusing to agree or compromise

 taciturn-reluctant to join in conversation

 invidious- unpopularity

VOCAB LIST 4

Auditor: Someone who edits. The auditor had a lot of books to look at.

Bough:Tree branch. The girl went in to the woods and got hit in the face with a bough.

Eloquence: To write well. Authors always eloquence.

Hoary: Hairy. My legs are very hoary if i don't shave for a couple of days.

Exemplary: Role model. Sense I'm the oldest then my younger siblings i have to be exemplary.

Melancholy: Long lasting sadness. When my great grandpa died i had melancholy.

Peculiar: Strange. The music Dr. Preston played yesterday in class was peculiar.

Dread: Fear. I dread that I'm not going to pass my history class.

Pious: Devoutly religious. Goodman Brown thought the towns people were pious.

Communion: The sharing. The students were comminion in the class.

Multitude: Large number. In each of my class i have multitude of students in them.


Despair: absence of hopes. Goodman Brown was in despair when he was in the woods

VOCAB LIST 5

allude to refer to something the author thinks you should know.
-The author alluded us that the old man was the devil.

clairvoyant able to percede things beyond the senses.
-My sister told me she was clairvoyant, because she was able to see the future.

conclusive final.
- Tomorrow is the conclusive day to turn in anything before grades come out.

disreputable poor reputation.
- The guy had a disreputable.

 endemic wide spread in one place.
-The were wild animals endemic.

exemplary not worthy important.
- The story wasn't exemplary was exemplary to me.

 fathom meause of notice depths; to understand.
- I fathom the young goodman brown story now.

 guile cleverness.
-My little brother was quile when he got me in trouble.

itinerary trip schedule.
-We had to figure out a itinerary.

integrity thoughts, actions.
- The students in class were itinerary working together.

 misconstrue miss understanding.
- There was a misconstrue when they were talking about grades.

obnoxious loud, annoying, rude.
-The little kids were being obnoxious.

placate calm down.
- He had to placate after he got into a fight with his parents.

 placid calm, peaceful.
- Being at the beach is placid.

plagiarism taking someone Else's work taking it as it as your own.
- Plagiarism is against the law.

potent powerful.
- The quotes were potent and had alot of meaning.

pretext rational for something.
- Helping my little brother with his homework was pretext.

protrude to stick out.
- That stain protrudes off your shirt.

 stark clear.
- The story became more stark after i read it a couple of times.

superficial shallow.
-The water is superficial.

VOCAB LIST 6

adroit: clever or skillful in using the hands or mind


amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor

averse: having strong dislikes of or opposition of something

belligerent: hostile and aggressive

benevolent: well meaning and kindly; serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose

cursory: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

duplicity: deceitfulness; double-dealing

extol: praise enthusiastically

feasible:Possible to do easily or conveniently; Likely probable

grimace: twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement

holocaust:The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45.

impervious:Not allowing something to pass through; not penetrable

impetus:The force or energy or momentum with which a body moves

jeopardy:Danger of loss, harm, or failure

meticulous:Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise

nostalgia: sentimental longing for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations

quintessence:The aspect of something regarded as the intrinsic and central constituent of its character

retrogress:The aspect of something regarded as the intrinsic and central constituent of its character

scrutinize:Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly

tepid :Only slightly warm; lukewarm; Showing little enthusiasm

VOCAB LIST 7



• ad infinitum: again and again in the same way; forever.

- The kid love his blanket so much he ad infinitum it.

•  apportion: divide; assign

- The kids were apportions by different ages.

•  bona fide: genuine and real

- The glass doll looked so bona fide.

•  buoyant: able to keep something afloat

- When i was swimming i was buoyant.

•  clique: a small group of people

- At school you see all the different kind of cliques.

•  concede: admit

- The boy conceded that he cheated on the test.

•  congenial: pleasant or agreeable

- The kids came to a congenial about who would do what on their report.

•  lofty: of imposing height

- The cop was lofty in his department.

•  migration: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

- The cops are trying to stop migration from happening.

•  perceive: become aware or conscious

- I perceive that i need to focus on my school work more.

•  perverse: contrary to the accepted or excepted standard or practice

- We had to perverse the rules at school.

•  prelude: an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important

- The interesting books have prelude in the beginning.

•  rancid: smelling or tasting old

- The milk was rancid.

•  rustic: having a simplicity and charm that's considered typical of the country side

- The cow boy wanted to get some rustic wear.

•  sever: divide by cutting or slicing; putting an end to or break off

- The girl sever with her boyfriend.

•  sordid: involving ignoble actions and motives; dirty or squalid

- The children felt sordid about finding their mother.

•  untenable: not able to be maintained or defend against attack or a objection

- The lion was untenable.

•  versatile: able to adapt; changeable

- The released the animal into the wild and it was able to versatile to the environment.

•  vindicate: clear of blame or suspicion; show or prove to be right

- The student vindicated that she was not cheating on her test.

•  wane: amount by which a plank or log is beveled or falls short of a squared shape 

- We used the wane to start a fire.

VOCAB LIST 8



• flout- willfully and disregarding a rule

 

 

• caveat- qualifying acception

 

 

• blazon- to decorate

• filch-casually stealing something that has no value

• fractious-Easily irritated; bad-tempered

• equitable-equal just fair just

• autonomy-freedom

• addendum-An item of additional material, typically omissions, added at the end of a book or other publication

• amnesty-pardon offense

• axiomatic-Self-evident or unquestionable

• extricate-to release

• soporific-causing sleep

• scathing- severely critical

• unwieldy-hard to move or carry

• vapid-flat, tasteless, boring

• prognosticate- to for tell, predict

• sepulchral- tomb like

 

• salutary-producing good effects

• straitlaced- strictly rule abiding

• scourge- to whip or lash

• precept- general behavior

• transient- lasting for short amount of time

 VOCAB LIST 9



• BOSOM:  between the boobs.

• PRUDENTLY: practically.

• INVETERATE: Having a particular habit

• PROPENSITY: Likelihood

• REPOSE: state of rest

STRIPLING:  punish

SEQUESTER: isolated

APPARATION: visual of ghost

PURPORT: to intend

IMBIBED: to drink in
 
INCESSANT: continuous

COGNOMEN: name

REVERIE: day dream


GAMBOL: play

SPECTRE: visible ghost


TARRY: linger

INCESSANT: on going


HESSIAN: civil war

VOCAB LIST 10



• Pedagogue : teacher or schoolmaster

 

• Cavernous: hollow 

 

• Coquettish: like a coquette

 

• Tête-à-tête: private conversation

• Suffice: satisfy

 

• Amorous: loving or in love