VMHS: Advanced English II (Grade 10; Sophomore) | Semester #2 / Spring - Unit #1-12 Vocabulary

Trish Hoang | Grade 10 (Sophomore) Ojeda Advanced English II - Period 5 2022-2023 Semester #2 / Spring: Unit #1-12 Vocabulary Vista Murrieta High School (VMHS)

Facetious

(adj.) - humorous; playfully joking

Ostentatious

(adj.) - meant to impress others; flashy

Optimum

(adj.) - best possible; most favorable; most desirable

Detriment

(noun) - something that causes damage, harm, or loss

Vicarious

(adj.) - experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly

Dexterous

(adj.) - skillful in using the hands or body

Scrupulous

(adj.) - careful about moral standards; conscientious

Gregarious

(adj.) - sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others

Discretion

(noun) - good judgment or tact in actions or speaking

Sensory

(adj.) - having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling

Instigate

(verb) - to bring about by moving others to action; stir up

Rudimentary

(adj.) - fundamental; necessary to learn first

Resilient

(adj.) - able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune

Collaborate

(verb) - to work together on a project; cooperate in an effort

Zealot

(noun) - a person totally devoted to a purpose or cause

Squelch

(verb) - to silence or suppress or crush

Venerate

(verb) - to respect deeply; to revere

Despondent

(adj.) - downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness

[In]Retrospect

(noun) - reviewing the past; considering past events

Scoff

(verb) - to make fun of; mock; to refuse to take seriously

Juxtapose

(verb) - to place close together, especially in order to compare or contrast

Lethargy

(noun) - a great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness

Ambiguous

(adj.) - able to be interpreted in more than one way; not clear

Inane

(adj.) - without sense or meaning;foolish

Dissident

(noun) - a person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion

Embellish

(verb) - to decorate; beautify by adding details

Subsidize

(verb) - to support financially; provide a grant or contribution

Squander

(verb) - to spend or use wastefully or thoughtfully

Inadvertent

(adj.) - unintentional; accidental

Sporadic

(adj.) - happening now and then; occasional

Relinquish

(verb) - to surrender (something); to give (something) up

Impetuous

(adj.) - done or acting in a hurry, with little thought; impulsive

Maudlin

(adj.) - tearfully sentimental; overemotional

Berate

(verb) - to criticize or scold harshly

Ubiquitous

(adj.) - existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time

Zenith

(noun) - the highest point or condition; peak

Estrange

(verb) - to make unsympathetic or unfriendly; alienate

Infallible

(adj.) - not capable of error or failure; unable to make a mistake

Euphoric

(adj.) - overjoyed; having an intense feeling of well-being

Regress

(verb) - to return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior

Dormant

(adj.) - inactive; alive, but not actively growing, as if asleep

Disseminate

(verb) - to spread or scatter widely; distribute

Irrevocable

(adj.) - not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible

Proliferation

(noun) - a rapid spread or increase

Corroborate

(verb) - to support; to strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of

Precipitate

(verb) - to cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected

Hoist

(verb) - to lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable

Charlatan

(noun) - a fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge

Diverge

(verb) - to branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different

Illicit

(adj.) - illegal

Vit/Viv

= life, lively

Extra-

= outside, beyond

Chron-/Chrono-

= time

Liber/Liver

=free, freedom

De-

= away, separation, removal

Ante-/Anti-

= before, preceding

Voc/Vok

= voice, call

Dorm

= sleep

-ject

= throw, toss

-cide

= kill, killing, killer

Equivocate

(verb) - to be deliberately vague in order to mislead

Fortuitous

(adj.) - happening by chance, by accident, or at random; lucky

Impeccable

(adj.) - faultless; perfect

Liaison

(noun) - a person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups, a go between

Predisposed

(adj.) - open to something beforehand

Propensity

(noun) - a natural reference or tendency

Reprehensible

(adj.) - deserving of blame, criticism, or disapproval

Sham

(noun) - a pretense or counterfeit; something meant to deceive

Solace

(noun) - comfort in sorrow or misfortune; consolation

Solicitous

(adj.) - showing or expressing concern, care, or attention

Attrition

(noun) - a gradual, natural decrease in number; becoming fewer in number

Circumvent

(verb) - to avoid by going around; to escape from, prevent, or stop through
cleverness

Cohesive

(adj.) - sticking or holding together; unified

Grievous

(adj.) - causing grief or pain; very serious or severe

Inundate

(verb) - to cover, as if by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

Oblivious

(adi.) - unaware; failing to notice

Reticent

(adi.) - quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out

Robust

(adi.) - healthy and strong; vigorous

Sanction

(verb) - to authorize, allow, or approve

Vociferous

(adj.) - noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely

Bolster

(verb) – to hold up, strengthen, or reinforce; support with a rigid object

Depreciate

(verb) – to fall or decrease in value or price; to lower the value of

Indiscriminate

(adj.) – not chosen carefully; not based on careful selection /

Inquisitive

(adj.) – curious; eager to learn

Nebulous

(adj.) – vague or unclear

Relegate

(verb) – to assign to a less important or less satisfying position, place, or condition

Replete

(verb) – plentifully supplied; well-filled

Sedentary

(adj.) – marked by much sitting; requiring or taking little exercise

Tenet

(noun) – a belief or principle held to be true by an individual or group

Terse

(adj.) – brief and clear; effectively concise

Autonomy

(noun) – independence; self-government

Bureaucratic

(adj.) – insisting on strict rules and routine, often to the point of hindering effectiveness

Mandate

(noun) – a group’s expressed wishes; clear signal to act; vote of confidence

Ostracize

(verb) – to expel or exclude from the group

Raucous

(adj.) – noisy and disorderly; boisterous

Recourse

(noun) – a source of help, security, or strength; something to turn to

Reiterate

(verb) – to state again or repeatedly

Tantamount

(adj.) – equal in effect or value; the same as

Tenacious

(adj.) – holding firmly; persistent; stubborn

Utopia

(noun) – an ideal or perfect place or state; a place achieving social or political perfection