Units 1-3 ELA Vocab Review

Verdure

(n.) greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation.

Verdant

(adj.) green; lush with vegetation.

Viridity

(n.) a lack of experience; an innocence.

Candid

(adj.) open and sincere.

Candor

(n.) a frankness or sincerity of expression; an openness.

Incandescent

(adj.) shining brilliantly.

Pallor

(n.) an extreme or unnatural paleness.

Pallid

(adj.) lacking color; dull.

Appall

(v.) to fill with horror or disapproval.

Livid

(adj.) enraged; furious.

Denigrate

(v.) to attack the character of; to mock.

Stanch

(v.) to stop the flow of.

Staunch

(adj.) firm and steadfast.

Extant

(adj.) still in existence; not destroyed.

Restive

(adj.) 1. resisting authority; difficult to control.

2. restless; fidgety.

Apropos

(prep.) with regard to.

Depose

(v.) to remove from office or power.

Static

(adj.) having no motion or change.

Ecstasy

(n.) an intense joy or delight.

Stasis

(n.) a condition in which there is no change.

Entity

(n.) a being.

Essence

(n.) the most important ingredient; the crucial element.

Quintessential

(adj.) the most typical, ideal, or important.

Discomfit

(v.) to embarrass and confuse.

Edification

(n.) an improvement or enlightenment.

Malfeasance

(n.) misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

Feasible

(adj.) capable of being accomplished.

Surfeit

(n.) the condition of being too full; an overabundance.

Magnum Opus

(n.) the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer.

Modus Operandi

(n.) a specific manner of working.

Opulent

(adj.) possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent.

Synergy

(n.) the power that results from the combination of two or more forces.

Liturgy

(n.) a pattern of prayer or worship.

Lethargy

(n.) a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy.

Laborious

(adj.) requiring mental or physical effort.

Belabor

1. (v.) to discuss in too much detail.

2. (v.) to attack.

Elaborate

(v.) to explain in greater detail.