Unit 1-9 Vocab words 10/30/25

Unit 1

Phototropic

tending to grow or move toward light

Phosphorescent

giving off light without heat

Photogenic

attractive in pictures or photographs

Lucid

easy to understand; clear

Elucidate

to make clear by explaining

Translucent

allowing light to pass though

Circumspect

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

Prospect

that which is expected

Specter

a ghost or phantom

Invidious

hateful or spiteful

Providential

happening by good fortune

Improvise

to create without any forethought or preparation

Unit 2

Enunciate

to pronounce or speak clearly

Renounce

to reject by declaration

Pronouncement

a declaration of opinion, a judgement

Invoke

to call on for support

Provocative

causing disturbance or excitement

Revoke

to make invalid, to deactivate

Ineffable

unutterable, indescribable

Infantile

childish, immature

Affable

easy to converse with, friendly

Edict

an official order

Indict

to charge with a crime, to accuse

Dictum

a formal or authoritative statement

Unit 3

Prohibit

to stop someone from doing something, to prevent

Inhibit

to get in the way of, to hinder

Suffuse

to fill up from within, to spread through

Confound

to confuse and frustrate

Infuse

to inject, to fill something or someone with

Sustain

to support for an extended period of time

Abstain

to not do something, to refrain

Tenacious

stubbornly, persistent, determined

Retinue

a group that attends an important person

Replete

filled up with

Implement

to put into action, to execute

Deplete

to use up, to waste

Unit 4

Misinformation

untrue or wrong information

Reform

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

Formative

occurring at the time of most influence

Inept

unskilled, clumsy

Adept

skilled, expert at

Aptitude

a skill or suitability for

Posit

to put forth, to assert

Impose

to forcibly place upon

Disposition

one's attitude or mood

Figment

a something invented or imaginary

Effigy

a figure constructed in mockery

Prefigure

to look like or predict a later thing or event

Unit 5

Legacy

a body of ideas, achievements

Delegate

to divide up, especially responsibilities

Agenda

a plan of action, a purpose

Proactive

seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

Exacting

demanding perfection, strict

Repulsion

a desire to avoid, disgust

Dispel

to scatter about, to break up

Propel

to cause to move toward, to push

Relative

dependent upon

Superlative

excellent, above all others

Dilate

to widen

Unit 6

Recant

to formally withdraw

Incantation

a ritual chant

Disenchanted

losing fondness for, disillusioned

Inaudible

so quiet as to be impossible to hear

Auditory

having to do with the sense of hearing

Audit

a thorough review

Dissonance

unpleasant or unharmonious sound

Assonance

similarity of word sounds, especially vowels

Resonant

a having an effect, powerful

Analogous

comparable to, like

Dialogue

communication between two or more people

Prologue

a speech passage, or event coming before the main

Unit 7

Bellicose

warlike in nature

Antebellum occurring before a war

Belligerence

a warlike mood or attitude

Enamored

fond of, feeling love toward

Amiable

good natured, cheerful

Amicable

not bitter or hostile, friendly

Antagonize

to act hostile toward, to provoke

Protagonist

the central character in a work of literature

Antagonist

one who is hostile toward, one who opposes

Philosophical

calm and wise, reasonable

Philanthropy

charitable donation to public causes

Bibliophile

one who loves books

Unit 8

Impediment

something that gets in the way, an obstacle

Expedient

practical, prudent

Pedestrian

lacking excitement, ordinary and dull

Pedant

one possessing abundant knowledge of minor, often uninteresting, things

Pedagogue

a teacher, especially one who is dull and narrow minded

Travesty

a bad imitation of, a perversion of

Vested

significant to one's own profit or well-being

Basement

clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority

Divest

to strip or remove a title or position of authority