english 9 vocab

Admonition

Mild censure

Aversion

Intense dislike

Disconcerted

Ruffled or upsey

Disdain

To treat with haughty contempt

Eclat

Great brilliance

Ephemeral

Short lived

Expiate

To atone for

Importune

To beset with repeated requests

Nonchalance

Lack of concern

Pious

Devout in a religious

Affront

A show of disrespect

Ameliorate

To improve somthing

Brook

To tolerate to bear

Chagrin

To vex / annoy by disappointment

Confound

To perplex to amaze

Contrite

Overcome by a sense of guilt

Indomitable

Unable to be overcome

Mendicant

Like a beggar

Prate

To babble

Reverence

Attitude of deep respect tinged with awe

Alacrity

Cheerful readiness

Altruism

Generosity towards mankind

auspicious

Favorable in the future

Effervescent

Bubbly or enthusiastic

Euphoric

Deliriously happy

Fortuitous

Lucky or fortunate

Laudable

Deserving of praise

Poignant

Emotional or touching

pulchritude

Physical beauty

Sanguine

Bloody

Adroit

Cleverly skillful

Amenable

Agreeable

Apotheosis

Ideal version of something

Benign

Kind or harmless

Decorum

Proper behavior

Fecund

Very productive

Paean

Song of praise and joy

propitious

Favorably disposed

Salubrious

Favorable to good health

Serendipity

Fortunate accident

Affable

easy to talk to

Amiable

Friendly

camaraderie

Good fellowship

Convivial

Fond of feasting drinking companionship

Cordial

Gracious

genial

sympathetically cheerful

Gregarious

Sociable

adversary

An opponent

Alienation

Removed from a group

Antagonist

An opponent

Aesthete

A lover of beauty or art

Anachronism

A object that is chronologically out of place

Audacity

Boldness

Beguile

To influence by cunning

Clandestine

Secretive

Epicure

A person who cultivates in food art music

Furtive

Sneaky

Hedonist

Lover of pleasure

Intrepid

Fearless

Maverick

One who takes a stand