English 3 HH Final Vocab

Alacrity

liveliness and eagerness

Aversion

a feeling of intense dislike

Loath

strongly opposed

Loathe

to dislike intensely; feel disgust toward

Acme

the highest point of something

Consummate

having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

Eminent

standing above others in quality or position

Ethereal

of heaven or the spirit

Exalt

praise, glorify, or honor

Sublime

a high moral or intellectual value

Zenith

the highest point of something

Abject

of the most contemptible kind

Abysmal

exceptionally bad or displeasing

Abyss

a bottomless gulf or pit

Menial

relating to unskilled work, especially domestic work

Nadir

the lowest point of anything

Plumb

to thoroughly examine

Consanguinity

relation by blood

Gentility

elegance by virtue or fineness of manner and expression

Nepotism

favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power

Progeny

the immediate descendants of a person

Pungent

strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell

Putrid

in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor

Unsavory

not pleasing in odor or taste

Archaic

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Callow

young and inexperienced

Decrepit

worn and broken down by hard use

Obsolete

no longer in use

Posthumous

occurring or coming into existence after a person’s death

Pristine

immaculately clean and unused

Puerile

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Abstemious

sparing in consumption of, especially food or drink

Carousal

revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

Doldrums

an equatorial area with calm unpredictable light winds

Carrion

the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

Dross

worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

Expurgate

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Sordid

foul and run-down and repulsive

Sully

make dirty and spotty

Juxtapose

place side by side

Propinquity

the property of being close together