English Final

Physiognomy

noun: facial features

Ignominy

noun: public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

Iniquity

noun: immoral or grossly unfair behavior.

Infamy

noun: evil fame or reputation

Inscrutable

adj: impossible to understand

Commiserate

verb: to sympathize for

Revile

verb: to attack with words

Insidious

adj: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Incredulity

noun: the state of being unable to believe something, to be in disbelief

Caprice

noun: a sudden change in mood or behavior

Inviolable

adj: sacred, never to be broken, infringed or dishonored

Preternatural

adj: beyond what is normal or natural

Perverse

adj: stubborn, going against what is natural/normal

Indicative

adj: serving as a sign of something

Orthodox

adj: traditional

Diffused

adj: spread out, scattered

Retribution

noun: punishment

Imbue

verb: to inspire or influence

Venerate

verb: to respect deeply

Defile

verb: to pollute or corrupt

Disclose

verb: to reveal

Multitudinous

adj: numerous, many

Defunct

adj: no longer in existence

Tumultuous

adj: noisy and disorderly

Malevolence

noun: evil intent

Impertinent

adj: rude and disrespectful

Sonorous

adj: producing a deep or full sound

Gratuitous

adj: unnecessary or uncalled for

Fodder

noun: food for cattle, feed

Resignation

noun: reluctant acceptance of bad situation

Impunity

noun: freedom from punishment

Unfrequented

adj: not often visited

Admonition

noun: gentle warning

Sentiment

noun: a feeling or emotion

Contemporary

adj: current, modern

Nonchalance

noun: lack of concern, carelessness

Importune

verb: to beg

Ephemeral

adj: short lived

Capitulate

verb: to surrender

Arduous

adj: difficult, hard to do

Prudent

adj: wise, careful, cautious

Mendicant

noun: a beggar

Sycophant

noun: a suck up, people pleaser

Emphatic

adj: forcibly expressive

Solictous

adj: showing concern or care

Indomitable

adj: unbeatable

Churlish

adj: lacking good manners or politeness, rustic

Extemporaneous

adj: made or delivered on the spur of the moment

Patriarch

noun: male head of family

Deign

verb: to lower oneself before an inferior

Insignia

noun: badge worn to show official position

Lingo

noun: unfamiliar language

Intangible

adj: unable to be touch or grasped, not physical

Valor

noun: bravery

Entanglement

noun: intricate trap that entangles victim

Unemcumbered

adj: free to move

Laxity

noun: carelessness, looseness

Tactic

noun: strategy or plan

Exuberance

noun: overflowing joy

Province

noun: an owned territory

Eviscerate

verb: to disembowel, to destroy

Cryptic

adj: mysterious

Rectitude

noun: morally correct behavior or thinking

Truism

noun: a clearly obvious truth

Ambiguity

noun: the quality of being open to interpretation or having many meanings

Opaque

adj: not clear

Rapture

noun: a state of great joy

Digression

noun: a temporary departure from a main point

Talisman

noun: a lucky charm

Indifference

noun: lack of interest or concern

Happenstance

noun: coincidence

Skeptic

noun: doubtful person

Ordnance

noun: military supplies

Comportment

noun: behavior

Resonance

noun: deep tone or powerful lasting effect (in voice)

Wistful

adj: having or showing a feeling of regretful longing

Deft

adj: skillful, quick

Proximity

noun: nearness

Supercilious

adj: arrogant, cocky

Reciprocal

adj: mutual, shared

Contemptuous

adj: feeling hatred, scornful

Cynical

adj: believing the worst of human behavior

Impenetrable

adj: impossible to pass through

Contiguous

adj: side by side, adjacent

Vacuous

adj: empty

Coruplent

adj: fat

Punctilious

adj: very careful and exact

Reproach

verb: to blame

Euphemism

noun: word or phrase used to mean something more harsh

Dilatory

adj: tending to delay

Harrowing

adj: terrifying

Genial

adj: friendly or cheerful

Irreverent

adj: disrespectful

Incessant

adj: never stopping

Indiscernable

adj: impossible to see through

Interminable

adj: endless

Fortuitous

adj: accidental

Superfluous

adj: unnecessary

Indifferent

adj: having no preference

Provincial

adj: narrow-minded