Vocab list 1 (part 5) - Vocab day25

10/11th grade AICE lang vocab. (helpful for SAT)

Commence (Definition, parts of speech, example)

to begin

Pauper (Definition, parts of speech, example)

Poor person

Indigent (Definition, parts of speech, example)

poor; needy

affluent (Definition, parts of speech, example)

lots of money; wealthy

Predicament (Definition, parts of speech, example)

crucial situation

disconsolate (Definition, parts of speech, example)

without consolation/comfort; unhappy

Succinct (Definition, parts of speech, example)

brief wording/speech

irk (Definition, parts of speech, example)

to irritate; annoy

ditto (Definition, parts of speech, example)

a replication

Irate

intense anger

indignant

feeling or showing anger at something unfair

righteous

Very correct, virtuous

feasible

Likely to do

verbatim

copied, quoted, or translated in exactly the same words as were used originally

erratic

not regular; unpredictable

profound

great or intense

sans

without

assuage

To make less intense, satisfy

reconcile

retore harmony; restore friendly relations

wont

in habit of doing something; accustomed

Macabre

Disturbing or horrifying

Solace

Comfort in time of distress

Trivial

Of little value or importance

Frivolous

Not having serious purpose or value.

Credible

Able to be believed

Reluctant

Unwilling and hesitant

Curt

Rudley Breif

Subside

To become less intense or violent

Ambiguous

Open to more than 1 interpretation

Rash

Lacking carefulness from possible negative actions

Solemn

Not cheerful or smiling

Benign

Something that is not harmful or severe

Incessant

Never stopping

Du jour

Of the day

Lethargy

lack of energy and enthusiasm

Apathy

Lack of feeling or emotion

Indolent

Wanting to avoid activity; lazy

Divert

to turn

trudge

Walk or march steadily and usually laboriously

recify

to make, put, or set right; correct

Beckon

To move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer

proponent

person who suppports an idea, plan, or cause

via

by way of

Exorbitant

much too large of prices (Expensive)

concur

to agree or have the same opinion

adversary

an enemy

Elaborate

To add information

Prolong

to make something last a longer time

detrimental

causing harm or damage

significant

important