11th Grade AVID Vocabulary List and Study Guide

Culpable

(adj.) guilty, responsible for wrongdoing.

Abase

(verb) To humble or disgrace.

Edict

(noun) law, command.

Dither

(verb) To move or act confusedly or without clear purpose.

Enervate

(verb) To weaken, take away strength from.

Extemporaneous

(adj.) Unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment.

Restive

(adj.) restless.

Parsimony

(noun) Stinginess.

Probity

(noun) honesty, high-mindedness.

Ruminate

(verb) To contemplate, reflect upon

Solecism

(noun) Grammatical mistake

Somnolent

(adj.) Drowsy, sleep

Upbraid

(verb) To scold sharply

Mettle

(noun) Courageous, endurance

Mirth

(noun) Frivolity, laughter

Moribund

(adj.) Dying, decaying

Pontificate

(verb) To speak in a pretentious manner.

Ingress

(noun) entrance

Inimical

(adj.) Hostile, unfriendly

Laggard

(noun) lazy person

Mendacious

(adj.) Dishonest

Obsequious

(adj.) overly submissive

Forte

(noun) Strong point, something a person does well

Goad

(verb) to urge

Equanimity

(noun) Calmness, composure

Bequeath

(verb) To give or leave through a will; to hand down

Interpolate

(verb) To insert; to change by adding new words or material

Lugubrious

(adj.) sorrowful, mournful, dismal

Sycophant

(noun) self-serving flatterer, yes-man

Tacit

(adj.) silently understood or implied

Tumult

(noun) State of confusion or agitation

Ascetic

(adj.) Self-denying

Aspersion

(noun) false rumor, damaging report

Gambol

(verb) To dance or skip around playfully

Multifarious

(adj.) Diverse

Opulence

(noun) wealth

Perfidious

(adj.) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

Pertinacious

(adj.) Persistent

Raconteur

(noun) witty, skillful storyteller

Recondite

(adj.) Relating to obscure learning; known to only a few

Scurrilous

(adj.) vulgar, low, indecent

Seraphic

(adj.) angelic, pure