ELA vocab words

Mrs. Counts's

Affirm

to confirm

besieged

to crowd around in order to overwhelm

fidelity

faithfulness

deluge

a flood

append

to add to

disinterested

not interested

analogous

comparable to or alike

slake

to satisfy

antipathy

a strong dislike

ambivalent

Having mixed feelings

Galvanizing

thrilling, exciting, stimulating

Apathetic

feeling or showing little emotion

Pinnacle

a high peak or point

Exploit

to make improper use of for personal profit

ignominious

deserving or causing public shame

Belligerent

Hostile, aggressive, or engaged in war

Assiduous

Showing great care

Panacea

A supposed cure for all diseases

Advocate

To publicly support an idea or action

Disseminate

spread something widely

Tenuous

Lacking a sound basis

Circumvent

To go around or bypass

Inherent

Existing in something as an inseparable quality

Tumult

an uproar

omnipotent

all powerful

acumen

keen insight

antebellum

existing before a war

incontrovertible

Not open for question

Belie

To show to be false

sanguine

Cheerfully optimistic

Unctuous

Being oily or greasy

Xenophobia

An aversion or hostility towards foreigners

Incognito

Having one’s identity hidden

Hubris

Excessive pride

Feckless

Lazy or useless

Faceitous

attempting to be funny

evanescent

quickly fading or disappearing

vindication

clearing someone of blame

tirade

A long angry speech

Hackneyed

Overdone or cliched

Precocious

Developed abilities earlier than usual

diligence

persistent work or effort

spurious

Not being what it says it is

prosaic

lacking poetic beauty

augment

to make larger

vernacular

The everyday language of a place or region

reiterate

to say or do repeatedly

opulent

wealthy or rich

irascible

easily provoked to anger

querulous

complaining in a whining way

Impetuous

A rash decision

exasperate

irritated and frustrated

digression

a temporary leave from a topic in a discussion

anachronism

belonging to a different time

extemporaneous

speaking or preforming without notes

repugnant

a really bad smell

incorrigible

bad beyond correction

prerequisite

required beforehand

iconoclast

Person who attacks beliefs

vacillate

to waver in opinion

egregious

extraordinary in some bad way

callous

made hard or unsympathetic

affinity

A natural liking for or attraction to something

capitulate

to surrender unconditionally on stipulated terms

loquacious

very talkative

obdurate

immune to persuasion or stubborn

delineate

to portray something accurately

duplicitous

Say one thing but mean another

whimsical

playfulness and lighthearted nature

anomaly

different from what is normal

frivolous

A lack of seriousness or sense

Apex

The highest point

Malleable

Capable of being shaped by pressure

eloquence

The practice of using language with fluency

indiscriminate

Lacking in care

Substantiate

providing evidence to support a claim

ubiquitous

found everywhere

complacent

showing smugness or satisfaction with ones achievements

conventional

based on what is commonly done or believed

notoriety

being widely known

Pallid

pale, typically because of poor health

Opus

a separate composition by a particular composer

engrossed

having all one’s attention absorbed by someone or something

calamitous

catastrophic or disasterous

armistice

a truce

Delve

To reach inside to search for something

Inundate

To flood or overwhelm

Capacious

having a lot of space inside

Caustic

sarcastic

Fallacy

A mistaken belief

avarice

extreme greed

audacious

showing willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

foreboding

a feeling that something bad will happen

veneer

cover or disguise

attest

provide or serve clear evidence of

menial

not requiring much skill

venerate

regarded with great respect

acme

the point at which something is best

epitaph

A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died.

resistant

offering resistance to something