Grade 9 Honors Vocabulary List 23

clambering

to climb awkwardly

solemnly

in a serious way

specious

deceptive

decorous

exhibiting appropriate behavior

strident

loud and harsh

mortification

a feeling of shame or humiliation

contemptuously

behaving as though other people are inferior

hindering

slowing down someone’s progress

induced

to have influenced or caused

martyred

suffering

ebullience

spirited enthusiasm

recrimination

the act of accusing someone with wrongdoing

tirade

a long, angry violent speech

inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

vicissitudes

difficulties or hardships

compulsion

an irresistible impulse

belligerent

acting aggressively

impalpable

something that can’t be touched

ravenously

very hungrily