Vocab list 1 (part 3) - Vocab day11

10/11th grade AICE lang vocab. (helpful for SAT)

Commence (Definition, parts of speech, example)

to begin

Pauper (Definition, parts of speech, example)

Poor person

Indigent (Definition, parts of speech, example)

poor; needy

affluent (Definition, parts of speech, example)

lots of money; wealthy

Predicament (Definition, parts of speech, example)

crucial situation

disconsolate (Definition, parts of speech, example)

without consolation/comfort; unhappy

Succinct (Definition, parts of speech, example)

brief wording/speech

irk (Definition, parts of speech, example)

to irritate; annoy

ditto (Definition, parts of speech, example)

a replication

Irate

intense anger

indignant

feeling or showing anger at something unfair

righteous

Very correct, virtuous

feasible

Likely to do

verbatim

copied, quoted, or translated in exactly the same words as were used originally

erratic

not regular; unpredictable

profound

great or intense

sans

without

assuage

To make less intense, satisfy

reconcile

retore harmony; restore friendly relations

wont

in habit of doing something; accustomed

Macabre

Disturbing or horrifying

Solace

Comfort in time of distress

Trivial

Of little value or importance

Frivolous

Not having serious purpose or value.

Credible

Able to be believed

Reluctant

Unwilling and hesitant

Curt

Rudley Breif

Subside

To become less intense or violent

Ambiguous

Open to more than 1 interpretation

Rash

Lacking carefulness from possible negative actions