Honors English 10 - List #1 Vocab

2026-2027

Emulate

(VERB) to strive to be equal to; to imitate

Stipulate

(VERB) to specify a required part of an agreement

Sere

(ADJECTIVE) dry and withered

Abate

(VERB) to lessen in violence and intensity

Contrite

(ADJECTIVE) feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

Magnanimous

(ADJECTIVE) generous in forgiving, free from petty feelings or acts

Filial

(ADJECTIVE) of, or related to or befitting a son or daughter

Tenet

(NOUN) A belief or principle held to be true

Effigy

(NOUN) A crude image or dummy representing a hated person or group

Inane

(ADJECTIVE) without sense or meaning; silly

Unctuous

(ADJECTIVE) exaggeratedly or insincerely polite OR greasy, oily

Expatriate

(NOUN) someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

Frowzy

(ADJECTIVE) unkempt

Surreptitious

(ADJECTIVE) accomplished through stealth and secrecy

Deleterious

(ADJECTIVE) having a harmful effect; injurious