ELA Final Vocab

Spawn

The mass of small eggs laid by animals like fish

Solace

Comfort is offered to one who is disappointed or miserable

Lament

Full of regret, grief, and sorrow

Vexed

Difficult and much-debated

Reprisal

An act of retaliation, especially on committed by one country against another

Taut

Tight rather than slack

Murky

Cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see through

Pilgrimage

A journey to a sacred place

Afflicted

Person who is mentally or physicaly unfit (impaired)

Threshold

What you step across when you enter a room

Infamous

Known widely and usually unfavorably (notorious)

Delineate

To outLINE and define something in detail or with an actual marking of lines and boundaries

Expedient

Something that provides an easy way to achieve a goal or result

Satiate

Fill to satisfaction

Entice

To persuade with promises of something

Endowment

A gift of possibly money or a natural gift.

Melancholy

Beyond sad, gloomy

Indefatigable

Someone who can go on for a very long time without becoming tired

Vehement

Describes an extremely strong, powerful, or intense emotions

Ignoble

Not noble, a dishonorable in character or purpose

Prognosticate

Make a prediction about; tell in advance

Repose

The act of resting, or the state of being at rest.

Repugnance

A strong distaste for something

Reprobate

A bad egg

Deference

Make a gesture of respect, courteous regard for people's feelings

hindrance

Something in the way, an obstacle

Odious

Hateful

Placid

Smooth surface, doesn't make waves of a fuss.

Candor

The quality of being open, honest, and straightforward

Disdain

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Enigmatic

Not clear to the understanding

Supposition

Guess of hypothesis (uncertain)

Languid

Weak or faint, lacking spirit or liveliness

Visage

Referring to someone's face or facial features

Degradation

The act of lowering something or someone to a less respected state.

Reverie

Daydreaming

Desposition

Is a statement made in court (sworn evidence)

Disposition

Your usual mood

Imprudent

Not sensible, responsible, or wise

wanton

Describes something excessive, uncontrolled, and sometimes even cruel

Blight

A disease that hurts plants and makes their leaves wither.

Profundity

Being thoughtful, deep, and wise

Harbinger

Something indicates the approach of something or someone.

Chastise

To scold or criticzie severly

Implore

Beg or request earnestly and urgently

Summons

A request or order for someone to show up, especially for legal matters

Franchise

A right granted by a government or corporation

Palpable

You can touch or handle

Equivocate

Unwilling to make a decision and almost intentionally going back and forth between two choices

Malice

The intention to cause harm, the desire to see others suffer, spitefulness

Pretense

Not being honest, making something that isn't true appear true

repose

Freedom of activity or to set something down

Affliction

Makes you suffer, but you have to deal with it anyway

Verity

Truthfulness

Invention

A new device or process

Augur

To predict or indicate

Probation

A period of time when a criminal needs to be on their best behavior, they aren't going to ail but have certain things demanded by the court

Chide

Scold or lecture

Cloister

An enclosed garden, often featured in buildings that house religious orders

Eminence

Superior status, high-status importance

Jocund

Merry, cheerful, and high-spirited

Malevolence

A nasty, wicked, evil quality, wish harm on others

Mirth

Fun and enjoyment as shown by laughter

Nonpareil

To describe someone or something that is beyond compare, an absolute model of perfection of a particular thing

pious

Someone who is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of that religion

Profound

Deeply felt

Gesticulation

Dramatic movement that gets attention.

Tenement

A run-down apartment building

Loiter

To hang around a place with no real purpose

Imprecate

To deliver a curse or verbally attack someone

Gall

Something irritating, like someone very rude

Respite

A pause or break from doing something

Precipitous

A sharp or steep drop

Recompense

Make payment to

Hover

Flying low over the ground or water

Lout

A clumsy, awkward oaf

Prodigious

Great in size, force, extent, or degree

Feign

Pretend or imitate

Adieu

Goodbye

Art

Are

Bound

Abliged to

By and by

Soon

Conceit

Thought

Decree

Declared

Discourse

Talk

Dispatch

Killed

Doth

Does

Fare thee well

Bye

Hither

Come here

Mark

Pay attention to

Methinks

I think

Nought

Nothing

Oft

Often

Perchance

Maybe

Pray

Beg

Privy

Informed

Resolve

Decided

Sirrah

Boy

Thither

Go there

Tidings

News