English II AAC ATV Vocab

Flippant

disrespectful and not take someone seriously

Pugnacious

inclined to quarrel or fight

Rabid

Irrationally extreme in opinion or practice

Admonish

to remind, caution, or advise against something

Breach

the act or result of breaking; break or rupture

Expound

to elaborate upon an idea in detail; to explain

Spurious

not genuine, authentic, or true

Unbridled

unconstricted; not controlled or restrained

Erratic

not being able to predict what will happen next with someone; deviating from the usual or proper course of conduct or opinion

Subjugate

to conquer; to bring under control; or enslave/ make submissive

Pilfer

to steal in small quantities/objects

Depict

to show or represent something

Dissolute

indifferent to moral restraints; to not have the willingness to listen to someone

Trite

overusing something; lacking in freshness

Arbitrary

subject to individual will or judgment without restriction

Render

to cause to be or become

Scrutinize

to examine in detail with careful or critical attention

Inundate

to overwhelm someone with things; flood

sardonic

(adj.) characterized by bitter or scornful decision; mocking; cynical; sneering

cynical

(adj.) distrusting or disparaging the moves of others; pessimistic

reminiscent

(adj.) awakening memories of something similar

prattle

(v) to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble

succumb

(v) to give way to superior force; yield

atone

(v) to make amends or reparation usually to a crime

doleful

(adj.) sorrowful; mournful; melancholy

provocative

(adj.) tending or serving to provoke; inciting; stimulating; imitating or vexing

didactic

(adj.) inclined to teach or lecture others too much; intending to teach a moral lesson

simulate

(v) to create a likeness or model of a situation, system, etc

meander

(v) to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course; to wander aimlessly; ramble

augment

(v) to make larger; enlarge in size

conciliatory

(adj.) intended to placate or reconcile

contentious

(adj.) tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome

patronizing

(adj.) displaying or indicative of an offensively condescendingly manner

gape

(v) 1. to stare with an open mouth as in wonder; 2. to open as a gap; spilt or become wide open

discern

(v) 1. to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; recognize; 2. to distinguish or discriminate

ascribe

(v) to credit or assign meaning to something

insipid

(adj.) without distinctive, interacting, or stimulating qualities;

nostalgic

(adj.) a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former time, place, or situation

antagonistic

(adj.) acting in opposition; hostile; unfriendly