honors english 9 oral #5 weeks 16-26

Alienate

to make unfriendly, isolate

Assess

to estimate, to impose a tax, fine or payment

Cajole

to coax, wheedle, persuade by flattery

Deprecate

to disapprove, protest against

Elicit

to draw forth(information)

Emaciate

to make very lean

Exasperate

to irritate, frustrate thoroughly

Anguish

intense suffering

Barrage

a shower(of artillery fire) a heavy onslaught

Clairvoyant

one who has unusual preternatural insight

Vitiate

to contaminate, debase or render worthless

Articulate

spoken distinctly, able to express oneself

Vacillate

to waver or be changeable

Lucrative

profitable, remunerative

Prevaricate

to evade the truth, lie or quibble

Scrutinize

to examine closely

Ostracize

to banish, exclude

Provident

exercising foresight, thrifty

Iterate

to utter again, repeat

Galvanize

to stimulate, excite

Subterfuge

a trick, scheme or artifice, to escape something unpleasant

Eccentric

odd, peculiar

Fallacy

mistaken idea, false reasoning

Incipient

in the early or beginning stages

Veracity

truthfulness

Indolence

love of ease, laziness

Culpable

blameworthy, deserving blame

Complacent

self-satisfied, contented, smug

Temerity

rashness, reckless, boldness

Retribution

merited punishment, requital

Belligerent

aggressive, loud-mouthed

Incorrigible

incapable of reform, unmanageable

Rancor

bitter hatred, ill will

Depravity

moral corruptness, debasement

Nefarious

very wicked or evil

Perversity

willfulness in nonconformity or wrong doing, obstinacy

Laconic

concise, terse, pithy

Ubiquitous

everywhere present

Pernicious

highly injurious, deadly

Morose

gloomy, sour

Repartee

rapid witty conversation or reply

Facetiousness

witty levity

Palatable

tasty, savory, agreeable

Derision

ridicule, mockery

Burlesque

a comic imitation or take off

Bohemian

loose, arty, unconventional

Flippancy

pertness, lightly disrespectful talk or manner

Levity

light mindedness, frivolity

Catatonic

marked by stupor and muscular rigidity often alternation with excitement

Empirical

based on experience or experiment

Chagrin

shame, vexation, humiliation

Disparage

to belittle, speak slightly of

Deter

to restrain through fear or doubt, hinder or discourage

Emanate

to flow or issue forth

Enigma

a puzzle, mystery, perplexing situation

Consternation

a feeling of alarm, confusion or shock

Fecundity

fruitfulness, productiveness

Construe

to interpret or explain

Alacrity

lively willingness, briskness

Calumny

slander, false and malicious statements

Relegate

to banish or reduce to a lower status

Altruistic

unselfishly concerned for others

Subsidize

to provide financial aid

Repudiate

to disavow, disown, reject

Astute

aware, clever, keen

Despondent

dejected, despairing

Didactic

morally instructive

Usurp

to seize (power or control) unlawfully

Reciprocate

to pay back. Exchange favors or courtesies

Odious

hateful, offensive

Seditious

inciting discontent or rebellion

Partisan

adhering to a party or cause

Propensity

natural tendency, bent

Predilection

fondness, liking, preference

Latent

hidden or unrevealed potential

Restitution

restoration, reparation

Recumbent

reclining or leaning, inactive

Prerogative

privilege, right

Propriety

conformity to accepted standards of behavior, rightness or suitability

Vicissitude

irregular changes, ups and downs

Coalition

combination or alliance (especially of opposing parties and usually temporary)

Fetish

something worshipped for its magical power

Portentous

foreshadowing evil, awe-inspiring

Insurrection

armed uprising or rebellion

Ineffable

unutterable, inexpressible

Sadistic

cruel, fond of cruelty

Aesthetic

responsive to beauty, artistic

Paradox

self-contradictory statement or condition

Maudlin

weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental

Paragon

perfect model or pattern

Fatuous

complacently stupid or silly

Gregarious

sociable, inclined to go in groups

Volatile

changeable, flighty, explosive

Impetuous

rushing with great force, headlong, rash, hasty

Cynical

scornfully, distrustful

Captious

fault-finding, hard to please

Fastidious

daintily refined, very discriminating

Sinuous

curving or winding, devious

Truculent

fierce, savage, cruel

Taciturn

habitually silent, uncommunicative