English III-HH Final - Vocab

Alacrity

Cheerful willingness; readiness; liveliness.

Aversion

Strong dislike, repugnance; antipathy.

Loath (Loathe)

Unwilling; averse; disinclined; reluctant.

Acme

The highest point or stage.

Consummate

Perfect; carried to the highest degree.

Eminent

Standing above others in quality or position.

Ethereal

Of the heavens; celestial; airy; delicate, intangible.

Exalt

Lift up with pride, joy, etc., elate; raise in rank, dignity; extol/glorify.

Sublime

Elevated, noble, exalted, uplifting.

Zenith

Highest point; culmination peak; point in the heavens directly overhead.

Abject

Deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition; wretched.

Abysmal (Abyss)

Deep, profound, immeasurably great; bottomless depth; immeasurably great space.

Nadir

Lowest point.

Plumb

To get to the bottom of, to ascertain the depth of; examine carefully.

Consanguinity

Blood relationship; to be related by blood.

Gentility

Good manners; gentry, upper class.

Nepotism

Favoritism to relatives by those in power.

Progeny

Offspring, children, descendants.

Pungent

Sharp in smell or taste; acrid; biting; stimulating.

Putrid

Stinking from decay; extremely bad/corrupt.

Unsavory

Unpleasant to taste or smell; morally offensive.

Callow

Young and inexperienced; unfledged.

Decrepit

Weakened by old age.

Obsolete

No longer in use; out of date.

Posthumous

Published after the author's death; occurring after death.

Pristine

In original, long ago state; uncorrupted.

Puerile

Foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish.

Abstemious

Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent.

Carousal

The act of celebrating and enjoying yourself, usually by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly with people.

Doldrums

Calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator; listlessness.

Carrion

Decaying flesh of a carcass.

Dross

Waste; refuse.

Expurgate

Remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify.

Sully

Tarnish; besmirch; defile.

Juxtapose

Put side by side; put close together.

Propinquity

Kinship; nearness of place, proximity.

Cogitate

Think over; consider with care; ponder; deliberate.

Dogmatic

Asserting opinions as if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof; doctrinaire.

Amorphous

Shapeless; having no definite form; unorganized.

Malleable

Capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal; adaptable, pliant.

Paltry

Practically worthless, trashy, piddling, petty.

Paramount

Chief, above others, supreme.

Diffident

Lacking self-confidence, unduly timid, shy.

Staid

Settled; of quiet disposition; sedate.

Egoism

Excessive concern for oneself; selfishness conceit.

Vainglorious

Excessively proud or boastful; elated by vanity.