English 9 Vocabulary Test 3

Reverence

honor or respect felt or shown

Cajole

to persuade with flattery or gentle urging

Emissary

one designated as the agent of another; secret agent

Confluence

a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point

Wanderlust

strong longing for or impulse toward wandering

Recluse

a person who leads a secluded or solitary life

Evanescent

tending to vanish like vapor

Transgression

the crossing of a line or boundary

Tocsin

an alarm or warning signal

Pedant

a know-it-all who makes a show of knowledge

Myriad

a large sum of people which also translates directly to 10,000

Discern

to come to know or recognize something mentally; to detect with the eyes

Listless

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

Leviathan

a large sea animal also associated with a sea monster defeated in Yahweh

Indigent

suffering from extreme poverty; totally lacking in something

Arraign

to accuse of wrong, inadequacy, or imperfection

Conciliatory

intended to pacify and reduce hostility

Beguile

to lead and interest by deception

Ignominious

deserving of shame or infamy; to humiliate or degrade

Omnipotence

an agency or force of unlimited power