All Vocab (ELA 10)

Grade 10 vocab, all units

Gibe

To taunt or to heckle (V)

Dour

Stern, gloomy (adj)

Fortitude

Strength of mind that allows one to bear pain (N)

Insidious

Spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner (adj)

Opulent

Wealth, rich, abundant (adj)

Stolid

Unemotional (adj)

Augment

To make greater or more intense (V)

Adroit

Skillful, clever (adj)

Amicable

Neighborly or friendly (adj)

Averse

To be opposed to (V)

Retrogress

To decline, revert, return to an earlier condition (V)

Benevolent

Well-meaning, kindly (N)

Nostalgia

Longing for the past (N)

Meticulous

Fussy, extremely careful (adj)

Feasible

Possible (adj)

Impervious

Resistant, impenetrable (adj)

Muse

To ponder or think about in silence (V)

Punitive

Inflicting a punishment (adj)

Alienate

To make unfriendly or hostile (V)

Perpetuate

To cause to last indefinitely (V)

Negligible

Small/unimportant (adj)

Sojourn

Temporary stay (N/V)

Ascertain

To find out or lean with certainty (V)

Attainment

Act of getting or possessing something (N)

Bequeath

To give/hand down (V)

Converge

To come together (V)

Expunge

Mark for deletion, to erase completely (V)

Malevolent

Showing intense hatred, very evil (adj)

Nonchalant

Attitude of easy unconcern (adj)

scrupulous

Precisely exact, painstaking (adj)

Supercilious

Acting or looking as through one is superior to others (adj)

Altruistic

Doing something without anything in return (adj)

Virulent

Harsh,Strong,destructive (adj)

Unfeigned

Genuine,Sincere (adj)

Truculent

Cruel, savage, aggressive, harsh (adj)

Temerity

Excessive confidence or coldness (N)

Clemency

Mercy, lenience, punishment (N)

Repose

Temporary rest after activity (N/V)

Dearth

Shortage or lack of something (N)

Remiss

Lacking care or attention to work/duty, negligent (adj)

Diffident

Modest or shy because of little self-confidence (adj)

Embark

To make a start, load a vehicle for transportation (V)

Infallible

Incapable of error (adj)

Facile

Easily accomplished or attained (adj)

Indomitable

Impossible to defeat or contain (adj)

Accede

To agree to a demand or request (V)

Brandish

To shake or wave (usually a weapon) in aggressive manner (V/N)

Deft

Skillful/clever (adj)

Destitute

Without having the basic necessities of life, lacking resources (adj)

Extirpate

To destroy completely (V)

Pinnacle

Highest point or development or achievement (N)