Unit 2 - Honors English 2

Abrupt

sudden or unexpected (adj)

Brusque

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough (adj)

Calculating

selfishly scheming (adj)

Complacently

in a pleased or self-satisfied way (adv)

Derogatory

Lessening the reputation of a person (adj)

Imperiously

in a domineering manner (adv)

Juncture

a serious state of affairs (n)

Lumbers

to watch sluggishly (v)

Morosely

in a gloomy or ill-humored way (adv)

Pugnacious

inclined to fight readily (adj)

Recumbent

lying down (adj)

Yammered

to whine or complain (v)

Aloof

reserved or disinterested (adj)

Appraised

to estimate monetary value (v)

Bemused

bewildered; confused (adj)

Bleated

to utter the cry of a sheep (v)

Contemptuously

expressing contempt or disdain; scornfully (adv)

Craftily

deceitful or sly (adv)

Derision

ridicule or mockery (n)

Meager

lacking quantity or quality; scanty (adj)

Monotonous

lacking in variety (adj)

Receptive

quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc (adj)

Reprehensible

deserving of punishment (adj)

Writhe

to twist and turn in pain (v)

Sniveled

to weep or cry (v)

Mottled

spotted or blotched (adj)

Felicity

the state of pure happiness (n)

Untenanted

not occupied (adj)

Lolls

to lean in a relaxed way (v)

Querulous

complaining in a whining manner (adj)

Impertinence

rudeness or intrusion (n)

Delirium

a confusion state of mind, occurs from high fever (n)

Fatuity

foolishness (n)

Frieze

any decorative band on the wall (n)

Forestall

to prevent ahead of time (v)

Repression

state of being held under control (n)

Elusive

hard to express or define (adj)

Tumultuous

confused or disorganized (adj)

Importunities

quality of being persistent (n)

Salient

prominent or most noticeable (adj)

Tempest

a violent windstorm (n)

Stark

downright or blunt (adj)

Guile

crafty deception (n)

Myriad

a countless number of (n)

Congenial

agreeable or pleasing (n)

Benevolent

expressing goodwill and kindly feelings (adj)

Depravity

moral corruption; wickedness (n)

Consternation

feeling of anxiety or dismay (n)

Redolent

having a pleasant odor (adj)

Munificent

very generous (adj)

Equivocal

allowing the possibility of several different meanings (adj)

Appellation

act or title (n)

Specious

pleasing but deceptively misleading (adj)

Anomalous

abnormal (adj)

Sentience

capacity for feeling (n)

Maledictions

a curse (n)

Prescient

foresight or knowing before handadj)

Pertinaciously

stubborn (adv)

Galvanic

sudden or shocking (adj)

Stringency

quality of being strict (n)