English 10 Semester one Vocab

Inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

Haphazard

disorganized and random, makes no sense

Avuncular

uncle- like, father figure,

Eccentric 

unconventional and slightly strange 

Melleable

able to be hammered or pressed permanetly out of shape with out breaking or cracking;

Recalcitrant 

extremely uncooperative and disobedient

conjecture

an opinion formed using incomplete info

industrious

hard working

amiable

friendly

harbinger

something that foreshadows a future event

admonishment

a firm warning or criticism

Inferno

a burning building, anything burning

Pulverize 

to reduce something to dust 

Mollify

To calm or to soothe, to Pacify 

Fatalism

Belief that fate is set nothing a person can do to change the future, predeterminded by fate

Dilapidated

broken down because of age or neglect

Flimflam

insincere talk especially with the goal or stealing money from someone 

Discretion 

the power or right to decide to act according to one’s own judgement; care in not attracting attention or letting out private information

Calamity

a disaster so bad its almost funny

Capricious

unpredictable and always changing

Nefarious

evil; up to no good

Skirmish

a small fight

Fetid

disgustingly smelly

Burly 

large and strong 

Embezzlement

a crime in which someone sneakily steal money from their employer

Avid

eager, enthusiastic

Malice

Evilness

Entreaty

an earnest or humble request

Instigate

to start a fight, to start something

Demeaning

causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others, hurt other feeling 

Kin

Family