English Final Exam Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary flashcards for English Final Exam Review.

Atone

To make amends or reparation for a wrong or injury; to make up for sins or offenses.

Bondage

The state of being held as a slave or being subjected to compulsory service; any state of being bound or restrained.

Credible

Capable of being believed; worthy of confidence; reliable: a credible witness.

Defray

To provide money to pay (a cost or expense).

Diligent

Constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing something.

Doleful

Expressing sorrow; mournful; causing grief or depression.

Ghastly

Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; pale, as if resembling a ghost.

Hamper

To hold back; restrain; impede: The project was hampered by lack of funds.

Hew

To strike, chop, or cut with an axe or other cutting instrument; to adhere; conform.

Impoverished

Reduced to poverty; made poor; having few resources.

Incessant

Continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending.

Intricate

Having many complex parts or elements; hard to resolve or unravel.

Lucid

Presented clearly; easy to understand; completely intelligible or comprehensible.

Posthumous

Arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death.

Prim

Stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper.

Sardonic

Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical.

Superfluous

Being more than is sufficient or required; unnecessary; excessive.

Supplant

To take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.

Taunt

To reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner; jeer at.

Tenacious

Holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold; clinging or adhering closely.

Assimilate

To take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb; to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like.

Bogus

Not genuine or true; counterfeit; spurious.

Exorbitant

Exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive.

Momentous

Of great consequence or importance.

Obstreperous

Resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.

Pensive

Dreamily thoughtful; often marked by sadness.

Shoddy

Of poor quality or condition.

Sprightly

Animated or active; brisk; lively.

Surly

Rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly or hostile.

Tirade

A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation.

Vagrant

A person who wanders from place to place and has no permanent home or means of livelihood.

Adieu

Goodbye; farewell.

Advent

A coming into place; arrival.

Apex

The highest point; the vertex.

Interim

An intervening time; interval.

Inundate

To cover with water, especially floodwaters.

Malign

To speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame.

Meander

To proceed or wander in an irregular course.

Metropolis

Any large city.

Assurance

A declaration intended to give confidence; guarantee.

Asylum

An inviolable refuge; a sanctuary; a place of refuge and protection.

Console

To alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort.

Dilate

To make wider or larger; cause to expand.

Dross

Waste matter; rubbish.

Dwindle

To become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away.

Immunity

The condition of being immune; protection against a disease or infection.

Institute

To establish or start (something); to inaugurate.

Liability

Something for which one is liable; obligation, responsibility.

Venture

A course of action or enterprise, especially one that is risky or uncertain.

Flippant

Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity.

Pugnacious

Inclined to fight or be combative.

Rabid

Affected with or resembling rabies; affected with madness; extremely angry; raging.

Realm

A kingdom; a region or area.

Rejuvenate

To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again.

Remunerate

To pay or reward (someone) for work or trouble.

Sparse

Thinly dispersed or scattered; not thick or dense.

Warp

To turn or twist out of shape; distort.