ELA Vocab All Units

Fallible

capable of error

fallow

inactive; unproductive

fatalistic

believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate

fawn

to act slavishly submissive

fealty

obligated loyalty or faithfulness

feign

to pretend

feisty

aggressive; lively; energetic

felicity

happiness

farcical

absurd; ludicrous

felonious

pertaining to or constituting a major crime

fester

to grow embittered over time; to rot

fiat

an official order

fidelity

faithfulness; loyalty

Filch

to steal

Filial

of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter

Ped/Pod

foot

Phob

fear

Scop

to watch, view

Port

to carry, to bring

flagrant

glaringly bad; outrageous

fluent

able to express oneself easily and clearly

flux

a state of continual change or movement

foible

a minor weakness in character

fracas

a loud quarrel or fight

frivolous

trivial; silly

futile

useless

gaff

A large hook

gait

manner of walking

gambit

a maneuver or action used to gain an advantage

gape

to stare with an open mouth

garble

distort; confuse; muddle

genealogy

family history

genesis

beginning; origin

ghastly

horrible; frightful

scib/script

to write

stru/struct

to build

tempor

time

therm

heat

Gird

to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action

gist

the main point

glean

to collect or find out slowly, in small pieces; to gather (grain)

glutinous

gluey; sticky

gorge

to eat or swallow greedily

Gothic

medieval; type of fiction that uses remote, gloomy settings and includes Romantic and supernatural elements

granary

a storehouse for grain

gratify

to please or satisfy

guile

sly or cunning intelligence

gull

to cheat

gyrate

to rotate, spin

harp

to persist in talking continuously

haughty

arrogant

havoc

great destruction; chaos

hilarity

gaiety; joviality

tract

to man

ven/vent

to come

anthro

man

-ology

study of

Holocaust

a great or complete destruction of life

homily

a sermon

hone

to sharpen

hovel

a wretched living place; an open shed

humane

kind; compassionate

imbibe

(v.) to drink; to take in, absorb

imbue

To fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire

immaculate

spotless; perfect

impede

hinder; obstruct

impel

push into motion

impermeable

not permitting passage

impertinent

rude and disrespectful

imperturbable

(adj.) not easily excited; emotionally steady

impervious

incapable of being affected

impetuous

acting suddenly with little thought

Am

friend, love

aqu

water

brev

short

jaded

(adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

jargon

vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people

judicious

sensible; showing good judgement

kindred

related by birth; of like nature

knead

to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture

lacerate

to tear (flesh) jaggedly

lackadaisical

uninterested; listless

lackey

a slavish follower

laggard

someone or something that is slow to progress; one who lags behind

lament

to mourn

lampoon

a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone

languish

to become weak

lateral

to the side

lax

careless or negligent

lethal

deadly; fatal

ism

belief, practice

cent

one hundred

dec

ten

duc/duct

Lead

anti

against

licentious

morally unrestrained

macabre

horrible; grim

mandarin

an influential person; a member of an elite group

martial

warlike; relating to the military

melee

a noisy, confused fight