Honors American Literature Vocabulary Review

A collection of vocabulary flashcards from Honors American Literature for review.

Acquisitive

(adj) seeking to get things; greedy

Admonition

(n) a gentle scolding

Arrogant

(adj) excessively proud; haughty

Cautionary

(adj) intended to serve as a warning

Cautious

(adj) careful not to get into danger

Conciliatory

(adj) intended to lessen another’s anger

Correspond

(v) to be similar to; to compare to

Counsel

(v) to advise; to make a suggestion to (n) advice

Deprecate

(v) to show disapproval of

Derogatory

(adj) insulting; degrading

Despondent

(adj) lacking all hope

Dissuade

(v) to convince one not to do something

Espouse

(v) to support; to pledge support

Imprecation

(n) a curse

Inquisitive

(adj) curious; asking many questions

Interrogate

(v) to formally question

Persuasion

(n) a habit or type

Precarious

(adj) threatened or unsafe

Precaution

(n) an action taken against danger ahead of time

Premonition

(n) a vision; a warning of something before it happens

Reconcile

(v) to bring back into agreement

Requisition

(n) the act or ordering or demanding something (2) to make a request or demand