Honors English 10 Vocabulary - YEAR LONG

Abhorrent

causing disgust or hatred.

Affliction

something that causes pain or suffering.

Altruism

selfless concern for others.

Ambition

a strong desire to succeed or gain power.

Anomaly

something unusual or unexpected.

Antipathy

a strong dislike.

Ascetic

practicing strict self-denial for spiritual or moral reasons.

Atonement

making up for a wrong or sin.

Benevolent

kind and generous.

Blasphemous

showing disrespect for God or sacred things.

Candor

honesty, openness.

Catalyst

something that starts or speeds up change.

Catharsis

release of strong emotions through art or drama.

Clairvoyant

able to see the future.

Coercion

forcing someone to act against their will.

Commiserate

to express sympathy.

Complicity

being involved in wrongdoing.

Conscience

inner sense of right and wrong.

Conspicuous

easily seen or noticed.

Corruption

moral decay or dishonesty.

Credulity

a tendency to believe too easily.

Decrepit

worn out from age or neglect.

Deference

respectful submission to authority.

Depravity

moral corruption, wickedness.

Desolate

empty, lonely, abandoned.

Dissonance

lack of harmony or agreement.

Docile

quiet, easy to control or manage.

Duplicity

deceitfulness, double-dealing.

Edict

an official order or command.

Elusive

difficult to find or understand.

Emaciated

abnormally thin from illness or lack of food.

Empathy

the ability to understand others' feelings.

Enigma

something mysterious or difficult to understand.

Ephemeral

lasting for a very short time.

Equanimity

calmness, even under stress.

Euphoria

a feeling of intense happiness.

Exile

forced absence from one's home or country.

Fallible

capable of making mistakes.

Feeble

weak or lacking strength.

Forlorn

pitifully sad or lonely.

Fortitude

courage in pain or difficulty.

Futility

pointlessness or uselessness.

Gaunt

extremely thin, often unhealthy-looking.

Grievous

very serious or severe.

Guile

sly or cunning intelligence.

Hypocrisy

claiming beliefs one doesn't truly hold.

Ignoble

dishonorable, shameful.

Illusion

a false idea or deceptive appearance.

Impetuous

acting quickly without thought.

Indignant

feeling angry at unfair treatment.

Ineffable

too great or extreme to be expressed in words.

Iniquity

immoral or unfair behavior.

Insolent

boldly rude or disrespectful.

Insular

narrow-minded or isolated.

Introspection

careful examination of one's own thoughts and feelings.

Juxtapose

to place side by side for contrast.

Lament

to express grief or sorrow.

Malicious

intending to harm.

Melancholy

a deep, lasting sadness.

Meticulous

extremely careful and precise.

Mortality

the state of being subject to death.

Mundane

ordinary, dull, or lacking excitement.

Nemesis

an unbeatable rival or source of downfall.

Nostalgia

longing for the past.

Obscure

not clear or hard to understand.

Oppression

unjust treatment or control.

Paradox

a statement that seems contradictory but may be true.

Penitent

feeling or showing regret for wrongdoing.

Perilous

full of danger or risk.

Perseverance

steady effort despite difficulties.

Pious

deeply religious or devoted.

Redemption

the act of making up for a mistake.

Resilience

the ability to recover from setbacks.

Reverence

deep respect.

Vindictive

seeking revenge.