all vocab eng 9 honors

Plunder

to take goods by force; loot

Dispatch

to finish quickly

Mammoth

enormous

Assuage

to calm or pacify

Bereft

Ardor

Insidious

characterized by craftiness and betrayal

Travail

Abominable

very unpleasant or bad

Tumult

Guile

craftiness, cunning

Mutinous

rebellious

Prodigious

enormous

Din

loud, continuous noise; uproar

Pinioned

confined or shackled

Votive

Contrived

thought up; devised

Jovial

Lethargic

sluggish and apathetic

Aegis

Nemesis

a long standing rival; an archenemy

Dissemble

conceal one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs

Zenith

the time at which something is most powerful or successful; pinnacle

Bemused

puzzled; confused or bewildered

Jubilant

feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph

Equity

the quality of being fair and impartial

Cantankerous

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative

Maudlin

self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental

Abolish

formally put an end to

Contempt

the feeling that a person of a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

Acquaint

inform; let someone know

Bestow

give, grant, show, present

Disdain​​

to feel disgust for something, to hate something

Entreat

ask for or request earnestly

Revel

celebrating, partying, having a good time

Melancholy

state of sadness

Obtain

to get, acquire, secure

Impediment

obstacle or a problem

Lament

mourn, cry about

Hastily

Blithe

carefree and happy and lighthearted

Impious

Incensed

angered at something unjust or wrong

Amiable

Mortify

cause to feel shame

Chide

scold or reprimand severely or angrily

Ensue

take place or happen afterward or as a result

Repute

the state of being held in high esteem and honor

Tarry

leave slowly and hesitantly

Treacherous

dangerously unstable and unpredictable

Valiant

having or showing courage or determination

Pestilence

deadly, epidemic disease

Pernicious

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Flout

openly disregard a rule, law, or convention

Obstinate

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so

Vile

extremely unpleasant or disgusting

Slander

Shrewd

Disposition

a person’s natural qualities of mind and character

Prevail

prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious

Convalescence

Ambiguous

open to more than one interpretation

Poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Dispel

make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear

Precipitate

to cause to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely

Accolade

Cacophony

loud confusing disagreeable sounds

Pungent

strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell

Idiosyncratic

peculiar to the individual

Vindicate

Undulate

the action of moving smoothly up and down; to move in waves

Galvanize

Querulous

complaining in a bad tempered or whining manner

Inveigle

to charm or entice somebody into doing something that he or she would not otherwise have done

Bane

a cause of great distress or annoyance

Culminate

Torpid

lacking physical or mental energy; sluggish

Opaque

Impervious

not allowing fluid to pass through; not allowing passage into

Forlorn

Foreboding

fearful apprehension, a feeling of evil to come

abash

make someone feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed

Conspiratorial

relating to or characteristic of a secret plot or agreement

Gibe

laugh at with contempt and derision

Judicious

having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

Opulent

rich and superior in quality; lavish

Vagary

an unexpected and inexplicable change in something

droll

oddly amusing in a wry or odd way

whimsical

imaginative and impulsive

bellicose

ready or inclined to fight, quarrel, or go to war

Solemnity

A trait of dignified seriousness

Capricious

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

Aesthetic

concerned with art or beauty

Pretentious

creating an appearance of importance or distinction

Inexorable

impossible to prevent, resist, or stop

Terse

Brief and to the point

Ornate

Marked by complexity and richness of detail

Adversary

an opponent; enemy

Scrutinize

to examine closely

Credulous

gullible; overly trusting