Honors English III Vocabulary List - Unit 3

abrogate

repeal or do away with

abstruse

difficult to understand

blanch

make white or pale

bucolic

relating to aspects of country life.

calumniate

make false statements

canard

unfounded rumor or story

contrite

feeling or expressing remorse

decorous

polite and restrained

desiccated

dried out

embellish

make something more attractive

felicitous

well chosen, best fit, appropriate

furtive

attempting to avoid notice or attention

hallow

honor as holy

ignominy

public shame or disgrace

inane

silly, stupid, annoying

jocular

humorous, funny, witty

ludicrous

foolish, absurd, ridiculous

malfeasance

wrongdoing by a public official

porcine

having to do with pigs

sporadic

not consistent, scattered