honors english

Abate

To reduce in amount

Abscond

To leave secretly

Abstain

To choose not to do something

Abyss

A deep dark whole

Adulterate

To make impure

Advocate

Some publicly speaking; to speak infront of

Aesthetic

Conserving the appreciation of beauty

Aggrandize

To increase in power reputation influence

Alleviate

To make more bearable

Amalgamate

To combine; mix together

Ambiguous

Doubtful or uncertain

Ameliorate

To improve make better

Anachronism

Something out of place in time

Analogous

Similar alike

Anomaly

Deviates from why is normal

Antagonize

To prank until anger

Antipathy

Extreme dislike

Oprah

Lack of interest or emotion

Arbitrate

To judge or dispute between two opposing parties

Archaic

Ancient old fashioned

Ardor

intense passionate feeling

Assuage

To make something unpleasant less severe

Attenuate

To reduce in force

Audacious

Fearless and daring

Austere

Severe or stern in appearance

Banal

Lacking in originality as to be

Bolster

Obvious and boring

Bombastic

Pompous in speech

Cacophony

Harsh daring noise

Candid

Honest in speech

Capricious

Changing one’s mind quickly

Castigate

To punish

Catalyst

To change the outcome in something else

Caustic

Biting in wit

Chaos

Great disorder

Chicanery

deception by means of guile

Cogent

Convincing and well reasoned

Condone

To overlook

Convoluted

Intricate and complicated

Credulous

Gullible

Decorum

Appropriate and behavior

Deference

Respect courtesy

Deride

To mock

Diatribe

An abusive condematory

Dilate

To expand make larger

Dilatory

Intended to delay

Discern

To proceed recognize

Disparate

Entirely unlike

Dissoncince

Harsh noise

Dogma

A strongly held belief

Eclectic

Selecting from a variety of sources

Efficacy

Effectiveness

elegy

A sorrowful poem or speech

Eloquent

Persuasive and moving in speech

Emulate

To copy

Enigma

A mystery puzzle

Esoteric

Understood by a few

Exacerbate

To make worse

Exonerate

To clear of blame

Foment

To arise or incite

Gregarious

Social

Homogenous

Of a similar kind

Iconoclast

Opposes religious beliefs

Impervious

Cannot be affected; impressive to penetrate

Implacable

Cannot be calmed down

Innocuous

Harmless

Insipid

Lacking of flavor

Inundate

To overwhelm; so much to do

Laconic

Using few words

Lament

Expressing sorrow

Lavish

Extremely generous

Lethargic

Acting slow

Loquacious

Tending to talk to much

Lucid

Clear and easily understood

Luminous

Full of shedding light

Malleable

Capable of being shaped

Meticulous

Extremely careful about details

Misanthrope

Dislikes human kind

Mitigate

To make less severe

Monotony

Wearisome

Naive

Lacking of sophistication

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s option

Obsequious

Overly submissive

Onerous

Involving an amount of effort

Opaque

Not able to see through

Ostentation

Pretentious and vulgar

Paradox

Contradiction or dilemma

Pedant

Overly concerned

Perfunctory

Carried out with a minimum of effort

Permeate

To spread throughout

Philanthropy

The desire to promote

Placate

To soothe

Plethora

A large amount

Pragmatic

Practical as opposed to idealistic

Prattle

Meaningless and foolish talk

Precarious

Not securely held

Precipice

A very steep rock

Precocious

Having developed certain abilities

Percursor

A person or thing that comes before another

Prevaricate

To lie or deviate