Vocabulary List 2 - English III

Study Guide for vocabulary list 2

Accost

verb - approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

Ambivalent

adj - uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

Austere

adj - severly simple

Brevity

noun - the attribute of being short or fleeting

Censure

noun - harsh criticism or disapproval

Compulsory

adj - required by rule

Didactic

adj - instructive, especially excessively

Elicit

verb - call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response

faction

noun - a dissenting clique (a small, organized group inside a larger group)

flagrant

adj - conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

flippant

adj - showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness

inflection

noun - the modification of pitch, tone, or volume when speaking

laudable

adj - worthy of high praise

mortification

noun - strong feelings of embarrassment

plaintive

adj - expressing sorrow

prerogative

noun - a right reserved exclusively by a person or group

rancor

noun - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

satitate

verb - fill to satisfaction

superfluous

adj - more than is needed, desired, or required

digress

verb - turn aside from the main subject of attention