Vocab ELA

incendiary

intended to arouse anger, indignation or rebellion (adjective)

Indignant

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment (adjective)

Intimate

to indirectly communicate or hint. To make something known in a delicate or indirect way (adjective)

Jocular

Characterized by jokers and light-hearted fun (adjective)

Judicious

Showing or exercising good judgement (adjective)

Kindred

having similar character, nature, or disposition (adjective)

Lackadaisical

Lacking enthusiasm and determination ; lazy or indifferent (adjective)

Languish

Experience a prolonged state of suffering or lack of movement (verb)

Laud

to praise or congratulate

Maelstrom

a situation of chaos and violent turmoil

Magnanimous

generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less famous person

Mercurial

subject to sudden changes in mood or mind; unpredictable

Mitigate

to make less severe, serious, or painful

Nadir

lowest point in a situation

Nebulous

unclear, vague, ill-defined

Nonchalant

feeling or appearing casually calm or relaxed

abate

to become smaller or less intense

albeit

although, even if

allege

to assert, usually without proof

attribute

to say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing

bolster

to support strengthen or prop up

corroborate

to support with evidence or authority: make more certain

cursory

done quickly and without giving enough attention to details

disparity

a difference between two things, often one connected with unfair treatment or a mistake

Substantiate

To provide evidence or support something: To prove the truth or validity of something

Correlate

To show mutual relationship or connection between two or more things, often measured by how much they change together

Discrepancy

a lack of agreement or consistency between two or more fact, figures, or accounts

Salient

Most noticeable or important standing out prominently

Premise

a statement or idea that forms the basis for an argument, story, or line of reasoning

Ambivalence

The state of having mixed or conflicting feelings aobut something or someone

Scrutinize

To examine something closely and carefully especially in a critical way

Relegate

To assign to a lower position, rank, or status; to demote or dismiss to a less important role