English 9 vocabulary

Vocabulary sheets 1 and 2

Absorbent

An item easily able to soak up liquids

Absorbing (verb)

Soaking up liquids, other substances, knowledge or a lesser power

Absorbing (adjective)

Intensely interesting; engrossing

Abyss

Deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

Allay

Diminish or end fear, suspicion or worry

Anonymous

(of person) not identified by name; of unknown name

Concede

Admit defeat or admit something that is true

Curtail

Impose a restriction on; cut short of restricted

Daunt

make (someone) feel fearful

Descry

See (in distance); to catch sign of

Devastate

make sad, ruin, or destroy

Dilate

make or become wider/larger

Dissension

Strong disagreement leading to discord

Epic (noun)

Poem narrating heroic legends

Erroneous

wrong; incorrect; mistaken

Insinuate

hint or suggest

Pensive

deep/serious thought (being in / reflecting)

Recede

move / go back

Respite (noun)

A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

Subsist

Support oneself (especially at a minimum level)

Vagrant (adjective)

characteristic relating to or living the life of a vagrant. (no fixed home or purpose)

Affect (verb)

Have an impact on; make a difference to

Aversion

A strong dislike or disinclination

Chagrin (noun)

Distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated

Discrimate

make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment

Effect (verb)

Cause (something) to happen; bring about

Elicit

evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.

Elusive

Difficult to find, catch, achieve or understand

Entail (verb)

require, invoke something as a necessary part of consequence

Fallow (adjective)

uncultivated, unsown (of field)

Hazardous

dangerous

Illicit

Forbidden, illegal

Legendary

remarkable enough to be famous; very well known.

Ludicrous

Unreasonable or out of place

Mercenary (adjective)

Primarily concerned in making money at the expense of ethics

Nether

Lower in position

Odious

Extremely unpleasant, repulsive

Provisional (adj.)

Temporary, impermanent

Tumultuous

Making a loud, confused noise; uproarious.

Usurp

Take power of something illegally

Vestige

A trace of something (that no longer exists)