Grade 12 Vocabulary List, Week of 12/08

Truncate

v. to shorten by or as if by cutting off

Tryst

n. an agreement (as between lovers) to meet

Rakish

adj. relating to, or characteristic of lacking restraint

Paramour

n. an illicit or secret lover

Anathema

n. someone or something intensely disliked or loathed

Livid

adj. very angry : enraged

adj. discolored by bruising : black-and-blue

Plausible

adj. superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often deceptively so

Coup

v. a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état

Fiasco

n. a complete failure

Connive

v. to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose