English 10 honors semester 2 final exam vocab

Accrue

V - to accumulate over time

Apprehensive

adj - viewing the future with anxiety or apprehension

flippant

adj - lacking popular respect or seriousness

opulent

adj - rich, luxurious, copious

pandemonium

a state of panic

admonish

V - warn or reprimand firmly

servile

adj - of or befitting a menial position

comeuppance

N, a deserved penalty

elocution

N, a style of speaking especially in public

impertinence

N. a state of being insolent or incivil

pariah

N, a social outcast or one who is rejected by society.

placate

V, to calm someone or make them less angry

gauche

adj, awkward or lacking social skills

blithe

adj, lacking concern, due thought, or consideration

countenance

N, mental composure and expression

emulate

V, to imitate

prodigious

adj, causing amazement or wonder

replicate

V, to duplicate or repeat

tempest

n, a violent storm

augment

V, to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

cynical

adj, contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motive

exigent

adj, requiring immediate aid or attention

melancholy

N/adj, depression of spirits

peevish

adj, marked by ill temper

vouchsafe

V, to grant or furnish in a gracious OR condescending way

tarry

V, to delay or be tardy in doing

decorum

N, literary and dramatic proprietary, orderliness

indignation

N, anger cause by something unjust, mean, unworthy

misanthropist

N, a person who hates or distrusts mankind

pertinaciously

adv, adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design

vehemence

N, state or quality of being intense

austere

adj, stern or cold in appearance or manner, somber or grave

haughty

adj, blatantly and disdainfully proud

audacity

N, boldness and arrogance outside of normal limits

corroboration

V, to support with evidence or authority

culpable

Adj, meriting condemnation for a crime

malevolence

N, quality or state of producing harm or evil

paragon

N, model of excellence or perfection

indolence

N, inclination to laziness

fickle

adj, changing frequently especially with regard to interests or loyalties