English Honors I Final Vocabulary

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Affront

an open or intentional insult

Capitalist

a person who has invested personal wealth in business

Cerebration

the action of thinking; thought

Deface

to mar the appearance of; vandalize

Disgorge

to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit

Effrontery

shameless boldness

Facade

a deceptive outward appearance; a misrepresentation

Gargantuan

gigantic; enormous

Indentations

spaces left by pressing into a surface

Oracle

a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

Osculate

to kiss

Precipice

a very steep cliff

Supercilious

disdainful; haughty; arrogant

Accolade

tribute; honor; praise

Assiduous

showing great care and perseverance

Cordial

warm and friendly

Corporal

relating to the body

Corpus

a body or collection of writings

Dermatology

study of the skin and its diseases

Dossier

a file of detailed information on a person or subject

Enervate

to weaken

Gastric

relating to the stomach

Incarnate

embodied in human form

Ossify

to become rigid or inflexible; to turn into bone

Supersede

to replace; to take the place of

Ambidextrous

able to use both hands equally well

Complicity

involvement in wrongdoing

Dexterity

skill and grace in physical movement

Duplicity

deliberate deceitfulness

Emancipate

to free from slavery or bondage

Genuflect

to kneel in worship or respect

Manifest

clear or obvious

Rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping

Reprisal

retaliation for an injury

Supplicate

to beg earnestly and humbly

Aggression

hostile action or behavior

Ambulatory

able to walk; movable

Degradation

a decline to a lower condition or quality

Expedite

to make easy; cause to progress faster

Oust

to remove or expel

Pedigree

a line of ancestors; family tree

Preamble

a preliminary statement; an introduction

Restitution

compensation for a loss or injury

Static

having no motion or change

Subsist

to remain alive; to continue to exist