Grade 12 Vocabulary List, Week of 03/10

Foreshorten

v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection in space is obtained

Foreshorten

v. to make more compact : abridge, shorten

Ludicrous

adj. amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity

Gratuity

n. something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service : tip

Libation

n. an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity)

Libation

n. an act or instance of drinking often ceremoniously

Libation

n. beverage (esp. alcoholic ones)

Credulous

adj. ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence

Culpable

adj. meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful : guilty

Malleable

adj. capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences

Categorical

adj. absolute, unqualified

Categorical

n. of, relating to, or constituting a category

Castigate

v. to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism

Clandestine

adj. marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious

Extenuate

v. to lessen the strength or effect of (something) : weaken

Extenuate

v. to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something) by making partial excuses : mitigate

Coalesce

v. to unite into a whole : fuse

Evanescent

adj. tending to vanish like vapor