English final grade 10

provincial

Limited in knowledge of the world

punctilious

Paying strict attention to detail

compunction

Feeling of regret or remorse

Conjecture

a guess often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence

dejected

Downcast or sad: depressed

defer

1.To put aside until later

2.To yield respectfully

Comportment

the manner in which one acts or behaves

Confer

1. Confer to discuss something with someone else or to consult

2. bestow = giving authority to

Impervious  

unable to be affected

abject

Lowly miserable and wretched

Dichotomy

2 opposites part of 1 whole

Induce

to lead towards some action

Impetus

that which drives ones motive

Envisage

to imagine to conceive of

visage

the face: a facial expression

apparition

an unusual figure: a ghost

perspicuous

wise insightful: acutely intelligent

retrospective

looking backward over a period of time

aspect

a part that can be considered or viewed

introspective

contemplating one's own thought and feeling

Phenomenon

effect or event that can be observed and/or documented

Diaphanous

lightweight and transparent

Epiphany

a moment of great insight

Sycophant

a person who flatters: a “yes man”

Adherent

a follower of a person or idea

Incoherent

not able to be understood; nonsensical

Inherent

existing as a natural part

diffuse

not concentrated or focused or to spread out; distribute

effusive

 Overflowing with words or feelings

profuse

plentiful; abundant

Resolute

determined; steadfast

Dissolute

Devoted to sensual pleasure; lacking moral resistant

Insoluble

impossible to solve or fix; unable to be dissolved

diligent

hard working and careful

recollect

to remember; to recall

sacrilege

an act against a holy person or place