english final vocab cards

Atone

To make up for

Credible

Believable

Doleful

Sad; dreary

Hamper

To hold back

Impoverished

Poor; in a state of poverty

Lucid

Easy to understand, clear, rational

Posthumous

Occurring or established after death

Sardonic

Grimly or scornfully mocking, sarcastic

Supplant

To take the place of

Tenacious

Holding fast, holding together firmly, persistent

Bondage

Slavery, being bound or held down

Defray

To pay for

Diligent

Hard working, not lazy

Ghastly

Frightful, horrible, deathly pale

Hew

To shape or cut down with an axe

Incessant

Never stopping

Intricate

Complicated, difficult to understand

Prim

Overly neat, or formal; prudish

Superfluous

Exceeding what is sufficient or required

Taunt

To jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark

Adieu

Farewell

Advent

An arrival, coming into place or view

Exorbitant

Unreasonably high, excessive

Inundate

To flood, overflow; to overwhelm in numbers or size

Malign

To speak evil of, slander, evil

Metropolis

A large city, the chief of a city or an area

Obstreperous

Noisy, unruly, disorderly

Perilous

Dangerous

Shoddy

Of poor quality, characterized by inferior workmanship

Vagrant

An idle wanderer, tramp, wandering aimlessly

Apex

The highest point, tip

Assimilate

To absorb fully, to adopt as one’s own, adopt fully

Bogus

Fake, counterfeit

Interim

The time between, temporary, coming between 2 parts in time

Meander

To wander about, wind about, a sharp turn or twist

Momentous

Very important

Pensive

Thoughtful, melancholy

Sprightly

Lively, full of life, spicy, flavorful

Surly

Angry, bad tempered, rude

Tirade

A long angry speech, usually very critical

Asylum

An institution for the care of children and elders

Console

To comfort, a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

Dwindle

To lessen, diminish

Flippant

Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy

Liability

A debt, disadvantageous

Pugnacious

Quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Realm

A kingdom, a region or field of study

Rejuvenate

To make young again, to make like new

Sterling

Genuine, excellent, made of silver of standees fitness

Warp

To twist out of shape, an abnormality

Assurance

Pledge, freedom for doubt, self- confidence

Dilate

Make or become larger or wider

Dross

Refuse, waste products

Immunity

Resistance to disease

Institute

To establish, set up, organization that promotes learning

Preposterous

Ridiculous, senseless

Rabid

Furious, violently intense, infected with rabies

Remunerate

To reward, pay, reimburse

Sparse

Meager, scant, scattered

Venture

A risky or daring undertaking, to expose to danger, to dare