English 10H Semester 2 Final Vocab Review

English 10H - Westlake High School - Patterson-Jones

Valor

heroic courage; bravery

Sovereign

having ultimate power; supreme

Multitudinous

numerous, countless

Equivocate

To be deliberately vague to mislead

Predominance

supremacy

Cherubin

Angels

Alarum

warning sound; alarm

Porter

A gatekeeper

Scruples

Moral doubts or hesitation; misgivings

Warrant

Authorization

Indissoluble

permanent

Dauntless

Fearless or determined; brave

Cogent

convincing, reasonable

Jocund

Cheerful and lighthearted

Infirmity

Physical or mental weakness

Malevolence

evil intentions, malice

Dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated, black and white thinking

Didactic

in a teaching way, intended to teach

Adage

A proverb or wise saying

Rapport

mutual understanding and harmony

Vile

Extremely unpleasant/Gross

Sanguine

optimistic or hopeful

Sordid

immoral or dishonorable actions

Ramifications

consequences of an action

Truncheons

Batons used by police

Nebulous

Unclear or vague

Defiler

One who violates something sacred

Despicable

hateful or disgust

Venomous

poisonous or malicious

Specious

Misleading or deceptive

Compendium

A brief summary

Inexorably

impossible to stop or change

Dissemble

To hide one's true motives or feelings

Inscrutable

Mysterious or incomprehensible

Annihilated

Completely destroyed or killed

Sanctioned

Approved or authorized

Pneumatic

Operated by air or gas pressure

Pedantic

concerned with minor details, nitpicky

Debauchery

Excessive indulgence in pleasures

Pugnaciously

combative or aggressive

Foreboding

A sense of doom, bad omen

Satiate

To satisfy

Fortitude

resilience, toughness

Capacious

Spacious or vast

Cull

To select or gather

Pedantry

Obsessive concern with details, pretentious display of knowledge

Indefatigable

incapable of being fatigued, persevering

Chimerical

imaginary, fantastic

Prognosticate

To predict the future

Mien

air, manner, appearance, expression

Minutiae

precise details

Asylum

A place of retreat or safety

Convalescence

Recovery from illness

Vacillate

To waver between choices, indecisive

Avail

benefit or value

Dilatoriness

Tendency to delay

Verdant

Leafy and green

Dirge

A sad song

Depraved

Morally corrupt, evil

Perdition

damnation, ruin, hell

Epicure

a luxurious person, a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink

Ecstasy

joyful feeling, feeling love → grief

Desolate

Lonely, deserted

Dispatch

send off to a destination or message

Fret

Worry/anxious

Harbingers

messengers, signaler

Esteem

feelings towards someone

Flout

insult, mock

Daunt

Intimidate, frighten

Galling

Annoying, humiliating

Disdain

despise, scorn, show contempt

Hideous

Extremely ugly appearance

Entreaty

Earnest or humble request; plea

Deft

Skillful

Homage

Respect

Forswear

to give up an oath

Credulous

Gullible or too trusting; Naive.

Diminution

decrease in size; small

Expeditious

Quick

Equivocate

Use ambiguous language to conceal the truth

Racketeering

Engaging in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings, typically involving bribery or corruption.

Copiously

In large amounts; abundantly (in this case, vomiting a lot).

Wheedle

To try to persuade someone to give you something through flattery or smooth, manipulative talk.

Lethargy

A state of sluggishness, inactivity, or apathy; lack of energy.

Emaciation

Extreme thinness due to starvation or illness.

Writhed

Twisted or squirmed in pain or discomfort.

Prevaricate

To avoid telling the truth by being deliberately vague or misleading; to lie.

Overt

Done or shown openly; not hidden or secret.

Exaltation

A feeling of intense happiness or extreme elation, often irrational or overly intense.

Martyrdoms

The suffering or death of someone for their beliefs; in singular, martyrdom means dying or suffering for a cause or belief, often seen as noble.

Torpid

Mentally or physically inactive; sluggish or lacking energy.

Capitulated

Gave in or surrendered, often after resisting.

Frivolity

Lack of seriousness; silliness or superficial behavior.

Insidious

Subtly harmful or dangerous, often in a gradual or unnoticed way.

Didactically

In a way that is intended to teach or lecture, often with a moral lesson or in a patronizing tone.

agitation

a state of anxiety

extricate

to free, to disentangle

denounce

to condemn openly

demeanor

behavior

parenthetically

qualifying or amplifying