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

Extemporaneous

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

Restive

(adj.) restless.

Parsimony

(noun) Stinginess.

Probity

(noun) honesty, high-mindedness.

Ruminate

(verb) To reflect upon

Solecism

(noun) Grammatical mistake

Somnolent

(adj.) Drowsy or sleepy

Upbraid

(verb) To scold sharply

Mettle

(noun) Courageous

Mirth

(noun) Frivolity, laughter

Moribund

(adj.) Dying, decaying

Pontificate

(verb) To speak in a pretentious manner.

Ingress

(noun) entrance

Inimical

(adj.) Hostile

Laggard

(noun) lazy person

Mendacious

(adj.) Dishonest

Obsequious

(adj.) overly submissive

Forte

(noun) something a person does well

Goad

(verb) to urge

Equanimity

(noun) Calmness

Bequeath

(verb) To hand down

Interpolate

(verb) To insert

Lugubrious

(adj.) sorrowful

Sycophant

(noun) A yes-man

Tacit

(adj.) silently understood

Tumult

(noun) State of confusion

Ascetic

(adj.) Self-denying

Aspersion

(noun) false rumor, damaging report

Gambol

(verb) To dance around playfully

Multifarious

(adj.) Diverse

Opulence

(noun) wealth

Perfidious

(adj.) Faithless

Pertinacious

(adj.) Persistent

Raconteur

(noun) skillful storyteller

Recondite

(adj.) known to only a few

Scurrilous

(adj.) vulgar

Seraphic

(adj.) angelic, pure