Grade 12 Vocabulary List, Week of 01/27

Baroque

characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance

Parsimonious

exhibiting or marked by a carefulness with money or resources : thrifty

Manna

divinely supplied spiritual nourishment

Manna

a sudden and unexpected source of gratification, pleasure, or gain

Lode

an ore deposit

Lode

something that resembles a lode : an abundant store

Weir

a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish

Weir

a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow

Parse

to examine in a minute way : analyze critically

Coherent

logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated : consistent

Coherent

having the quality of holding together or cohering

Noisome

offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell

Noisome

highly obnoxious or objectionable

Noisome

noxious, harmful

Squalor

the quality or state of being squalid

Effete

no longer fertile

Effete

marked by weakness or decadence