English 10 Honors Final Exam Review - 2025

Acquisitive

Excessively eager to acquire and possess; materialistic.

Banal

Lacking originality; trite.

Carping

Tending to find fault or criticize.

Coherent

Logically connected; consistent.

Eschew

To deliberately avoid or abstain from.

Insatiable

Impossible to satisfy.

Intransigent

Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.

Substantiate

Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

Taciturn

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Tenable

Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

Celerity

Swiftness of movement.

Histrionic

Overly theatrical or dramatic in character or style.

Incendiary

Designed to cause fires; tending to stir up conflict.

Maelstrom

A powerful whirlpool; a turbulent situation.

Propriety

The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals.

Sacrilege

Violation or profanation of something sacred.

Summarily

Without delay; briefly.

Suppliant

Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority.

Talisman

An object thought to have magical powers and bring good luck.

Undulate

Move with a smooth, wavelike motion.

Articulate

Expressing oneself readily and clearly.

Credence

Belief in or acceptance of something as true.

Decry

Publicly denounce.

Dissemble

Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs.

Distraught

Deeply upset and agitated.

Evince

Reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling).

Feckless

Irresponsible; lacking initiative or strength of character.

Nefarious

Wicked or criminal.

Propinquity

The state of being close to someone or something; proximity.

Unwonted

Unusual or unexpected.

Atrophy

Wasting away of a body, organ, or tissue.

Bastion

A fortified place or position.

Disarray

A state of disorganization or untidiness.

Exigency

An urgent need or demand.

Frenetic

Fast and energetic in a rather uncontrolled way.

Incarcerate

Imprison or confine.

Jocular

Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful.

Ludicrous

So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.

Pecuniary

Relating to or consisting of money.

Pusillanimous

Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.

Acuity

Sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing.

Delineate

Describe or portray (something) precisely.

Depraved

Morally corrupt; wicked.

Enervate

Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.

Garner

Gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).

Idiosyncrasy

A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

Nuance

A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

Penchant

A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.

Sumptuous

Splendid and expensive-looking.

Ubiquitous

Present, appearing, or found everywhere.

Abject

Extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading.

Complicity

Involvement in a wrongful act.

Derelict

In very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Equity

The quality of being fair and impartial.

Inane

Silly or stupid.

Indictment

A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.

Indubitable

Impossible to doubt; unquestionable.

Intermittent

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

Motif

A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.

Neophyte

A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Antagonist

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Personification

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Protagonist

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

Idiom

An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.

Irony

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Autobiography

An account of a person's life written by that person.

Diction

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Biography

An account of someone's life written by someone else.

Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Symbolism

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Foreshadowing

Be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Vignette

A brief evocative account or episode.

Theme

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Flashback

A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

Tone

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

Point of View

A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Participle

A word formed from a verb which can be used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burnt toast).

Gerund

A form that is derived from a verb but functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing (e.g., asking in do you mind asking).

Infinitive

The basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g., see in we came to see; it is good to see).

Preposition

A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause.

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Prejudiced

Having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted.