English One semester 2 vocab words

amenable

**agreeable; open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded**

privy

**sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private**

revelation

**a surprising and previously unknown fact (especially one that is made known in a dramatic way)**

affluent

**a group or area having a great deal of money/wealth**

concede

**admit that something is true or valid after first denying it**

edict

**a decree or official order issued by a person in authority**

recede

**go or move back or further away from a previous position**

chimerical

**existing only as the product of an unchecked imagination**

penitent

**feeling or showing sorrow and regret from having done wrong**

astute

**clever; shrewd**

augment

to make something greater by adding to it

pernicious

having harmful event

accentuate

make more noticeable or prominent

consort

to habitually associate with someone (typical with the disapproval of others)

conccurent

happening at the same time

quandary

a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation

quell

to subdue or silence someone; put an end to

awry

wrong; away from the appropriate, planned or expected course

obtuse

slow to understand; annoyingly insensitive

petulant

bad-tempered

divulge

**to make known private or sensitive information**

**fruition**

**the point at which a plan or project is realized**

**incite**

**to encourage or stir up violent or unlawful behavior**

elate

**to make someone ecstatically happy**

employ

**to make use of**

stark

**severe or bare in appearance**

volition

**the power of using one’s will**

ajar

**slightly open**

scrutinize

**to examine or inspect closely and thoroughly**

coterie

**a small group of people with shared interests or tastes**

Temerity

Excessive confidence or boldness, acting while in danger

Hypocrite

A person who claims it pretends to face certain beliefs about the fat us right but behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs

Enmity

**the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something**

Fathom

The ability to understand something

Acquiescence

**the act of allowing something to happen by staying silent or not arguing**

Covene

To come together in a group for a meeting

Inspid

Not interesting; dull or boring

Accolade

A reward or honor

Surfeit

An amount that is too much, more than you need

Sundry

Variety; made up of different things

arbitrary

not planned or chosen for a particular reason; not based on reason

expunge

to remove or delete something completely

flounder

to move in a awkward way with a lot of difficulty and effort

Nepotism

the unfair practice by a powerful person of giving jobs and favors to family members

pacify

to cause someone who is angry or upset, to become calm or quiet

foray

a sudden invasion or attack; an attempt to do something, especially for the first time

analogy

a comparison of two things based on their being alike in some ways

debacle

a great disaster or complete failure

torrid

very hot an d usually dry

askew

not straight; at an angle

Begrudge

to think that someone does not deserve something; to envy someone for something

belated

happening or coming very late or too late

deduction

to act of taking away something

deliberate

adj; done or said on purpose

v; to think about or discuss something

devoid

not having; completely without it

impertinent

rude and showing a lack of respect

impute

to say or suggest that someone or something has or is guilty

deft

able tot do something quickly and accurately

trepidation

a feeling of gear that causes you to hesitate because you think something bad is going to happen

noisome

very unpleasant or disgusting

adjunct

a thing added to something else as supplementary rather than as essential

adulation

excessive admiration or praise

predominate

to be the strongest or main element

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly

recumbent

(a person) lying down

exorbitant

unreasonably high

abscond

leave hurriedly and secretly to avoid detection

disseminate

spread or disperse something

ubiquitous

present or found everywhere

atrophy

to wither or waste away

antiquated

old or obsolete, from a different era

copius

abundant in supply or quantiy

gait

a person’s manner of walking

feign

pretend to be affected ( feeling, state or injury)

brevity

consise (short) and exact use of words in a werting or in speech

incredulous

unwilling or unable to believe something

foible

a weakness or a flaw in something or someone

docile

obedient, easily controlled

umbrage

offense or annoyance

beget

to give birth to