English 9 Honors - Semester 2 Vocab

English 9 Honors

(N) Surrogate

deputizing = substituting

a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office

(Adj) Deferential

showing deference; respectful

(Adj) Imperative

of vital importance; crucial

(Adj) Maudlin

self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness

(Adj) Pneumatic

containing or operated by air or gas under pressure

(V) Ruminating

to think deeply about something

(N) Atonement

reparation for a wrong or injury; payment or penance

(N) Satiety

the feeling or state of being satisfied

(N) Blasphemy

the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk

(Adj) Scathing

witheringly scornful; severely critical

(Adj) Magnanimous

generous or forgiving , especially towards a rival or a less powerful person

(Adj) Ingratiating

intended to gain approval or favor

(Adv) Vindictively

having or showing a strong or reasoning desire for revenge

(N) Staidness

of settled or calm character, not flighty or unpredictable

(N) Negligence

failure to take proper care in doing something

(Adj) Subversive

seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution

de-

from, away, down, apart; not

dys-

bad, badly

per-

through, very

funct-

perform

-ary

that which; someone or something that belongs to; of, related to; one who

-ion

an action or process; state, quality, act

-ory

like, relating to, having the quality of; pace or thing connected with

gastr/gastro

stomach

nom

name, law, custom, order

ic-

like, relating to

-ism

act, state, condition

-itis

inflammation

-ology

study, science

-y

state of; quality, act; body, group

en-

in, into

re-

back, again

gen/gend/gener

cause, birth, race, produce

-ate

to make, to act, one who, that which

-ative

of, relating to

-er

one who, that which

-esis

action, process

ea-logy

study of, science

con-

with, together

grac/grat

pleasing, thankful

ui-ate

to make, to act; one who, that which

i-fy

to make, to act, to do

-is

that which

u-ity

state, quality, act

i-ous

having the quality of

i-tude

state, quality, act

Hiatus

(N) a pause or break in a process

Oppressive

(Adj) unjustly inflicting hardship in control on a lesser powerful group or person

Ludicrous

(Adj) so foolish as to be amusing or funny; ridiculous

Clamor

(N) a loud and confused noise, usually people shouting

Mutinously

(Adv) involving in a revolt against authority

Crestfallen

(Adj) when you're sad because something you wanted to happen didn't

Sauntered

(V) to walk in a slow, relaxed manor, without any hurry

Luminous

(Adj) full of or shedding light

Laud

(V) to praise highly, usually in public applaud

Transfix

(V) to cause to become motionless with wonder, astonishment, or horror

Consume

(V) to eat, drink, or ingest

Berate

(V) to scold or criticize angrily

Edcit

(N) official order issued by a person in authority

a-

away, from; not without

en-

in, into

pro-

for, before, forward

crypt

conceal

gnom/gnos

know

con-

with, together

in-

in, into; not

dign-

worthy, worth

pre-

before, in front of

domin/domit

master

-ate

to make, to act, one who, that which

ic/t-ic

like, related to

-ism

act, state, condition

it-ary

that which; someone or something that belongs to; of related to; one who

-ation

an action or process

i-fy

to make, to act, to do

-ity

state, quality, act

-able

able to be

-ant

one who, that which; state quality

-ion

an action or process; state, quality, act

dorm

sleep

tang

touch

-ancy

state, quality, act

-ent

one who, that which; like, related to

-ible

able to be

it-ory

like, relating to, having the quality of; a place or thing connected with

Communist

Noun: a person who supports the principles of communism

Zloty

Noun: basic monetary unit of Poland (currency)

Sanitarium

Noun: an establishment for the treatment of someone with a mental illness

Swastika

Noun: an ancient symbol in the for of an equal armed cross with each arm at a right angle, used as the German Nazi symbol

Pogrom

Noun: organized massacres of a particular ethnic group

Synagogue

Noun: the building in which a Jewish assembly meets for worship

Anti-Semitic

Adjective: hostile to or prejudice against Jews

Glaucoma

Noun: a condition of increased eye pressure that leads to loss of sight

Cataract

Noun: a medical condition where the lens of the eye becomes opaque; leads to blurred vision

Proposition

Noun: statement that expresses a judgement or opinion, or a negotiation

Convalescent

Adjective: recovering from an illness or operation rehab

Ghetto

Noun: the Jewish living quarters in the city

Liquidate

Verb: to get rid of fully

Characterization

a writer's tool, or "literary device" that occurs anytime the author uses details to teach us about a person