Final Vocab List Sophomore English

Dilatory

(adj) (A) Characterized by procrastination (B) Tending or intended to cause delay

Languid

(adj) (A) Lazily slow or relaxed (B) Lacking spirit or energy

Sloth

(noun) Laziness; indolence

Somnambulate

(verb) To walk while asleep

Stupor

(noun) A condition of reduced sensibility or consciousness; daze

Blasé

(adj) Uninterested, unexcited, or bored as a result of overindulgence or enjoyment

Cliché

(noun) A trite or overused expression or idea, such as "time flies"

Forte

(noun) Something in which a person excels; strong point

Gauche

(adj) Lacking social experience or grace; awkward; rude; tactless

Naive

(adj) Showing a lack of experience or judgement

Depreciate

(verb) To decrease in value

Frugal

(adj) Avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of money; thrifty

Indigent

(adj) Lacking money or resources to provide adequately the necessities of life; needy; impoverished

Munificent

(adj) Very generous in giving

Recession

(noun) A moderate and brief decline in economic activity

Emigrate

(verb) To leave one country or region in order to settle another

Figuratively

(adverb) In a manner marked by metaphorical language or figures of speech

Literally

(adverb) (A) According to actual meaning of the word or phrase (B) According to facts; without exaggeration or metaphor

Persecute

(verb) To ill-treat persistently and grievously

Prosecute

(verb) To bring a legal action against in order to convict of a violation of a law

Banter

(noun) Good-humored, playful conversation

Facetious

(adj) (A) Playfully humorous (B) Jesting, often in an inappropriate or offensive way

Flippant

(adj) Marked by disrespectful frivolity or indifference; rudely witty

Ludicrous

(adj) Laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness

Whimsical

(adj) Playful or fanciful; imaginatively humorous

Culpable

(adj) Responsible for wrong or error; blameworthy; deserving censure

Extort

(verb) To obtain by threats or other coercive means

Illicit

(adj) Not permitted by custom or law; illegal

Ruffian

(noun) A tough or rowdy person (adj) tough or rowdy

Vile

(adj) (A) unpleasant; disgusting (B) Morally low or base

Apathy

(noun) Lack of feeling or emotion; impassiveness

Empathy

(noun) Understanding, concerned identification with another's situations or feelings

Sensational

(adj) (A) arousing great interest or excitement (B) designed to shock or thrill spectators or readers

Sensibility

(noun) The ability to feel, sense and perceive; mental or emotional responsiveness toward something

Sentiment

(noun) A thought, view, or attitude based more on feeling than reason

Autonomy

(noun) Independence; the quality or condition of being self-governing

Hierarchy

(noun) An order of persons or entities classified according to authority, rank, or importance

Regime

(noun) A system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above

Totalitarian

(adj) Referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects of life

Usurp

(verb) To seize and retain the rights, power, property, or position of another without legal authority

Analogous

(adj) Similar in certain qualities, circumstances, or uses

Antithesis

(noun) Direct contrast; opposition

Deviate

(verb) To differ or move away from a specified course or prescribed mode of behavior; diverge

Nuance

(noun) A subtle or slight degree of difference, meaning, color, or tone; gradation

Egress

(noun) A path or means of going out; an exit

Gradiation

(noun) A degree or stage in a series of gradual changes

Secession

(noun) The act of withdrawing formally from membership in an organization, association, or union

Unprecedented

(adj) Not having occurred before; without precedent; novel

Amends

(noun) compensation giving as satisfaction for insult, loss, or injury

Extricate

(verb) to free or release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage

Mitigate

(verb) to make less severe or intense; moderate

Rectify

(verb) to set right; remedy

Chastise

(verb) To punish for misbehaving or wrongdoing

Disparage

(verb) To speak of as unimportant or inferior; belittle

Innuendo

(noun) A roundabout, often spiteful reference to someone or something not named; an insinuation

Vilify

(verb) To utter slanderous and abusive statements against; defame; speak evil of

Cursory

(adj) (A) Hasty (B) Not thorough

Incursion

(noun) An attack on or an invasion of enemy territory; a raid

Precursor

(noun) Someone or something that precedes something else; a forerunner

Succor

(noun) Help in time of distress (verb) to give aid and comfort in time of distress