english 11 final vocab

Beneficent

 severe or stern in manner;  without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

Concoct

to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

Crass

coarse, unfeeling; stupid 

Debase

to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

Desecrate

 to commit sacrilege upon, treat irrelevant; to contaminate, pollute  

Inconsequential

  thrifting, unimportant

Infraction

a breaking of law or obligation

Mitigate

to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

Prate

to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion 

Restitution

the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage 

Stalwart

(Adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute (n) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

Vulnerable

open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected 

Consternation

n.) dismay, confusion

Dispassionate

impartial; calm, free from emotion

Dissension

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Expurgate

to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

Ignoble

mean, low, base

Impugn

to call into question; to attack as false

Intemperate

immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

Odium

hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Relegate

to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

Squeamish

 inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

Subservient

subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end

Susceptible

open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

Abate

to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit

Adulation

raise or flattery that is excessive

Avarice

 a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

Culpable

deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

Dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone

Equivocate

to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation, to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

Novice

one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience (also used adjectivally)

Penury

extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency

Pretentious

done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious

Recapitulate

to review a series of facts; to sum up

Supposition

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

Torpid

inactive, sluggish, dull

Censurable

deserving blame or criticism

Heresy

a belief or opinion that goes against accepted doctrine or tradition

Contingent

dependent on something else happening; conditional

Palpable

easily noticed; so intense it seems tangible

Corroborate

 to support or confirm with evidence

Perceptive

quick to understand or notice things

Denizen

a resident or inhabitant of a place

Pernicious

highly harmful, often in a gradual or subtle way

Discursive

ambling; moving from topic to topic without a clear focus

Satiate

to satisfy fully; to fill to excess

Foist

 to force something unwanted on someone

Sear

to burn the surface of something; to impress painfully on the mind

Absolve

to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt

Ostentatious

marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

Contagious

side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time

Paragon

a model of excellence or perfection

Deleterious

harmful, injurious

Politic

prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient

Enhance

prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient

Redundant

extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush

Enthrall

to captivate, charm, hold spellbound, to enslave, to imprison

Scintillating

sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)

Implicit

implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservation, unquestioning, potentially contained in

Winsome

charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)