Sophmore Year English Vocab Quizlet

Ameliorate

to correct a flaw or shortcoming

Aplomb

great self-confidence

Bombastic

full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Callow

without experience; lacking sophistication

drivel

foolish, aimless talk or thinking

Exhort

to urge strongly, to advise earnestly

Ingratiate

to make oneself agreeable to gain favor or acceptance

Inveigh

to protest bitterly against

Lassitude

weariness of mind or body

Occult

not detectable by ordinary means

Adventitious

Resulting from chance

Ascribe

To assign or refer to as a cause or source

Commiserate

To have pity or sorrow for

Enjoin

To prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way

Expiate

To make easy; to cause to progress faster

Proclivity

A natural or habitual inclination

Seditious

Resistant to lawful authority

Tenuous

Poorly supported

Vitriolic

Bitterly sarcastic or caustic

Wheedle

To use flattery to gain a desired purpose

Approbation

the expression of approval or favorable opinion

Assuage

to make easier or milder

Expostulate

to attempt to change someone’s mind from some course or decision

Intercede

to plead on behalf of someone else

Lurid

causing shock, horror, or revulsion

Meritorious

deserving of recognition, praise

Petulant

Easily irritated and upset

Provincial

the sense of being limited and backward

Umbrage

a feeling of resentment over a small slight

Unctuous

trying too hard to give an impression of honesty

Affable

characterized by ease and friendliness

Aggrandize

to increase in greatness, power, or wealth

Amorphous

without definite form or unity

Erudite

having or displaying advanced knowledge or education

Inscrutable

incapable of being understood

Insular

narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

Repudiate

to reject as untrue or unjust

Reverberate

to be reflected repeatedly

Scurrilous

marked by harsh insulting language

Sedulous

involving or accomplished with hard work

Axiomatic

Expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

Caveat

A caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Extricate

To free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

Filch

To steal in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

Flout

To treat with contempt

Fractious

Tending to be troublesome

Precept

A rule of conduct or action

Scourge

A source of suffering

Soporific

Tending to cause sleep

Vapid

Lacking in liveliness

Anomalous

Deviating from what is usual or expected

Aspersion

A damaging or derogatory statement

Castigate

To punish or criticize severely

Contrive

To bring about as the result of thoughtful planning

Disabuse

To free from deception or error

Fetter

To confine with chains or shackles; to make helpless

Immutable

Not subject to change

Surreptitious

Intended to escape notice; accomplished by fraud

Transgress

To go beyond a limit or boundary

Vicarious

Performed or experienced by one person in place of another