English IV vocabulary list 9

prodigious

enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing

boor

a rude person; someone that is unrefined

panache

dashing elegance of manner or style

forbearance

patience

agog

highly excited by eagerness

forthright

frank; going straight to the point

profound

intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depth's of one's nature

fiasco

a complete or humiliating failure

doleful

sorrowful; melancholy

opaque

having no luster; dull; hard to understand

annals

descriptive record; history

tome

a large book

cataract

A large waterfall; a deluge; an eye abnormality

booty

loot; the spoils of war; goods or property seized by force; a valuable prize

animated

having life; alive; filled with activity, vigor, or spirit

jetsam

cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten an imperiled vessel; discarded odds and ends

portal

an entrance, door or gate

throng

a large group of people gathered closely together

barrage

a curtain of artillery fire; any overwhelming attack, as of words or blows

elite

the best or most skilled members of a group