SEMESTER 2: English 9H Vocab.

abashed

ashamed or embarrassed

abridge

to shorten by omission while retaining the basic contents

acquiesce

to agree without protest; consent

acquit

to declare not guilty

adversary

a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; an opponent or enemy

antipathy

strong dislike or natural aversion

ardent

having or expressing intense feeling; passionate; fervent

asseveration

a serious statement or declaration

augment

to make larger in number or size, to increase

augment

to make larger in size, number, or strength; increase

azure

having a hue of a clear and unclouded sky

bacchanalian

drunken

barrister

a lawyer in England

bedeck

to adorn, to clothe

beget

to breed or give life

beseech

to beg eagerly

besmirch

to soil, tarnish, discolor

bier

a funeral bed

bliss

supreme happiness

capricious

subject to or led by a sudden or unpredictable change; erratic

carnage

the slaughter of a great number of people as in a battle; massacre

chastity

abstention from sexual intercourse

chide

to scold; to express disapproval of

civil

relating to citizens

comely

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

commiserate

to feel of express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with

conceive

to imagine

consort

to associate with or keep company

constrain

to repress or restrain with force

contraband

anything forbidden by law from being imported or exported

countenance

appearance or expression of the face

courtier

an attendant at a royal court

cow

to intimidate; to frighten with threats or violence

debauched

corrupted; displaying the effect of excessive in sensual pleasures

deduce

to draw a conclusion from something known; infer

defer

to put off to a future time

demure

shy and modest

despondent

lacking hope; dejected

dissonance

a lack of harmony

diverge

to move in different directions from a common point

doggedly

persistently; stubbornly

doleful

sorrowful; mournful; melancholy

effeminate

womanly

emaciated

abnormally thin by a gradual wasting away

estranged

displaying a feeling of alienation

evade

to escape from by trickery or cleverness

expeditiously

promptly and efficiently

feign

to act as if; to fake

feign

to pretend or fake; to represent fictitiously

fester

become worse or intense, especially through long-term neglect

flourish

to make dramatic, sweeping gestures

forbear

to refrain or abstain from

forlorn

desolate or dreary; unhappy; hopeless

fraternity

a group of people having common purposes, interests, etc.; a brotherhood

frugal

thrifty; economical; not wasteful

furrow

to make a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface

garret

a little room at the top of a building; an attic

gentility

good breeding or refinement

gilded

covered or highlighted with gold; having a showy appearance that conceals something of little worth

host

a great number of people or things

humor

a mood, a whim

idolatry

excessive adoration or devotion

inauspicious

not prosperous; unfortunate

inconstant

changeable; fickle

incorrigible

unable to be corrected or reformed

indictment

a formal accusation by a grand jury; a charge with an offense or crime

indulge

to yield to an inclination or desire

inexorable

unstoppable; unyielding; unalterable

innumerable

incapable of being counted

inscrutable

hard to understand; incapable of being analyzed

inter

to bury

inundate

to overwhelm with something

jocund

tending to inspire cheerfulness

lament

to express sorrow, mourning, or regret

languid

listless; indifferent; lacking in vigor or vitality

malign

to slander; to speak evil of; defame

martial

inclined to war; warlike

mutinous

rebellious against authority

obstinacy

stubborn adherence to ones opinion

opalescent

having a milky iridescence like that of an opal

ostentatiously

in a showy manner

pensive

dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

pensive

reflective, thoughtful

penury

impoverished, poor

perjuries

lies; the willful giving of false testimony

pernicious

destructive; deadly; causing harm

pestilence

a deadly epidemic disease

pillage

to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence; plunder

politic

showing good judgement; shrewd or prudent in practical matters

portentious

significant; momentous

posterity

succeeding or future generations

profane

characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things

propensity

a strong natural inclination or tendency

purgatory

a place of temporary suffering or punishment

purveyor

a person who provides or supplies

rage

angry fury; violent anger

rancor

hatred

rapacious

given to seizing for the satisfaction of greed; greedy

rapturous

ecstatic; carried away with delight

redress

to set right what is wrong