Honors English 2 Final Exam Vocab

Beseechingly

pleadingly

Didactic

Intended to teach

Temperate

Moderate

Diligence

Careful and persistent work or effort.

Eminence

Fame or recognized superiority, especially within a particular sphere or profession.

Slander

The action of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

Inestimable

Too great to be calculated or estimated.

Precept

A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought.

Embrasure

A recess in a wall for a window or a door, typically wider on the inside than the outside.

Fixity

unmoving

Deference

Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, or will of another.

Periodicity

The quality or character of being periodic; the tendency to recur at intervals.

Effaced

erased

Preternaturally

out of the ordinary

Exalted

elevated in power

Presaging

foreshadowing

Interminable

Endless

Ineffable

indescribable

Pall

A dark cloud or covering of smoke, or a feeling of gloom.

Conjectural

Based on or involving conjecture; not based on complete evidence.

Conflagration

A large destructive fire.

Peremptorily

demanding immediate action

Chidden

scolded

Odius

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Dictate

To say or read aloud for someone else to write down; to give orders.

Privation

lacking essentials

Rapturous

enthusiasm

Servility

An excessive willingness to serve or please others; a submissive attitude.

Impudent

disrespectful

Odium

widespread hatred to someone

Vestige

A trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

Unabated

constant

Brethren

Brothers; often used in a religious or formal context.

Morass

A complicated or confused situation; a swampy area.

Digress

To deviate or wander away from the main topic in speaking or writing.

Supercilious

acting superior to others

Extemporizing

improvising

Peremptory

demanding imediate obediance

Haughtily

arrogantly

Rakish

dashing

Proprietary

Relating to an owner

Languid

Weak or unenergetic

Hauteur

arrogance

Prodigality

Excessive spending

Staid

Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.

Impetuously

impulsively

Asunder

apart

Indignant

offended by unfair treatment

Poignant

causing sadness

Subterfuge

Deceits

Punctilious

Meticulous

Proprietor

owner

Incredulous

Unwilling to believe something.

Non-olfactory

Not related to the sense of smell.

Somnambulatory

Related to sleepwalking.

Benediction

a blessing

Facade

The face of a building

Disembodied

separated from the body

Rout

A disorderly retreat of defeated troops; a chaotic situation.

Reproach

dissaprove

Obstinate

Stubborn

Confounding

suprising

Exultation

triumphant

Feudal

Relating to the feudal system

Insidious

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

Platonic

Idealized self-image

Contemptuous

scornful

Conceits

pride

Turgid

congested

Ingratiate

To bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them.

Obtrusive

intrusive

Menagerie

zoo

Inviolate

undamaged

Precipitately

abruptly

Portentous

foreshadowing

Irreverent

disrespectful

Rancor

Bitterness

Inquest

inquiry

Expostulation

disapproval

Truculent

defiant

Malice

The intention or desire to do evil or cause injury to others.

Redolent

reminiscent; related to smell

Grail

legendary object

Garrulous

talkative

Holocaust

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Adventitious

Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature.

Pasquinade

A satire

Elocution

The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

Provincial

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire; often refers to a narrow-minded perspective.

Commensurate

Comparable in size