Honors Language Arts 10 WOW1-5

WOW1-4 Honors Language Arts 10 Study Materials

Fetter

1. A chain or shackle used to secure the ankles or feet; anything that confines or restricts [N]

2. To restrict or otherwise limit the freedom of; to confine [V]

Fathom

1. To understand or comprehend [V]

Succinct

1. Compact, condensed, concise [Adj]

2. Wound tightly or cinched, as if by a belt [Adj]

Alacrity

1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness [N]

2. Speed or quickness; celerity [N]

Insipid

1. Dull; not exciting, stimulating, or interesting; lacking zest [Adj]

Resolute

1. Firm or determined; unwavering

Paucity

1. Smallness of number, fewness (N)

2. Scarcity, not a lot of something (N)

Plethora

1. A super abundance of something (N)

2. An excessive amount (N)

Euphoric

1. Exaggerated feelings of happiness (Adj)

Aberration

1. A deviation from the proper or expected course (N)

2. A departure from the normal or typical (N)

Pugnacious

1. Combative in nature, belligerent (Adj)

2. Ready and able to resort to force or violence (Adj)

Reciprocate

1. To give or take mutually; interchange (V)

2. To show, feel, or give in response or return (V)

Voracious

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous (Adj)

2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy (Adj)

Intractable

1. Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn (Adj)

2. Difficult to mold, manipulate, or change (Adj)

Pervasive

1. Spread throughout; permeating (Adj)

Audacity

1. Fearless, bold, daring (N)

2. An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness (N)

Banal

1. Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite (Adj)

2. Obvious and dull (Adj)

Capricious

1. Characterized by or subject to whim (Adj)

2. Impulsive and unpredictable (Adj)

Fastidious

1. Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail (Adj)

2. Difficult to please; exacting (Adj)

Affable

1 Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable (Adj)

2. Gentle and gracious: cordial (Adj)

Whimsical

1. Determined by chance, impulse, or whim, rather than necessity or reason (Adj)

2. Erratic behavior or degree of unpredictability (Adj)

Disseminate

1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed (V)

2. To spread abroad (V)

Aloof

1. Distant physically or emotionally (Adj)

2. Reserved and remote (Adj)

Incontrovertible

1. Impossible to dispute, unquestionable (Adj)

2. Impossible to deny or disprove

Tirade

1. A long, angry, or violent speech (N)

2. A speech of violent denunciation (N)

Predilection

1. A predisposition in favor of something; a preference (N)

2. Bias, prejudice (N)

Fallacy

1. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief (N)

2. A statement or argument based on a false or invalid inference (N)

Ominous

1. Menacing, threatening (Adj)

2. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Adj)

Antiquated

1. Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful (Adj)

2. So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period (Adj)

Perfunctory

1. Done routinely and with little interest or care (Adj)

2. Acting with indifference, showing little interest or care (Adj)