100 Words All High Schoolers Should Know Pt 10

unctuous

(adj) characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness; containing or composed of oil or fat

usurp

(v) to seize and hold by force and without legal authority

vacuous

(adj) lacking intelligence, stupid

vehement

(adj) forceful or intense in expression, emotion, or conviction, fervid

vortex

(n) a spiral motion of fluid, especially whirling mss of water or air that sucks everything near it towards its center

winnow

(v) to separate the chaff from grain by means of a current of air; to blow off or away

wrought

(adj) put together; created; shaped by hammering with tools

xenophobe

(n) a person who hears or hates anything that is strange or foreign; epsiecllay straners or foreign poeples

yeoman

(n) an attendant; servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household

ziggurat

(n) a tiered pyramid