10th Grade Vocabulary List 1 english

Accoutrement

an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device

Accretion

the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup

Barrage

a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once

Bastion

a fortified area or position

Congeal

to change from a fluid to a solid state; to make viscid or curdled

Conscript

to enroll into service by compulsion

Discursiveness

moving from topic to topic without order

Disenfranchise

to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity

Expediency

a means of achieving a particular end

Expiate

to extinguish the guilt incurred by or make amends for

Explicate

to develop the implications of; analyze logically

Heterodox

holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines

Hidebound

having an inflexible or ultraconservative character

Irrefragable

impossible to refute, break, or alter

Irreproachable

blameless, impeccable

Misogynist

one who hates women

Perceptive

characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight

Quantify

to determine, express, or measure the quantity of

Quantitative

of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount

Torpor

a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility