English II vocab

Quiz on Sept 8th

Affinity (n.)

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship

Fledgling (adj.)

Young and inexperienced

Hackneyed (adj.)

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Incessant (adj.)

Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Opulence (n.)

Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

Proximity (n.)

The property of being close together

Sagacious (adj.)

Acutely insightful and wise

Supplant (v.)

Take the place or move into position of

Unassaiable (adj.)

Impossible to attack

Voluminous (adj.)

Large in capacity or bulk

Dispassionate (adj.)

Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

Effervescent (adj.)

Giving off bubbles

Indefatigable (adj.)

Showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality

Misanthrope (n.)

Someone who dislike people in general

Morose (adj.)

Showing a brooding ill humor

Nonchalance (n.)

The trait of remaining calm or seeming not to care

Progeny (n.)

The immediate descendant of a person

Stoic (adj.)

Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Voracious (adj.)

Devouring or craving food in great quantities

Brusque (adj.)

Quick or brief in action or speech