Semester 2 English Vocab

azure

having the hue of a clear and clouded sky

innumerable

incapable of being counted

jocund

tending to inspire cheerfulness

pensive

dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

host

a great number of people or things

vacant

not occupied or inhabited

bliss

supreme happiness

autobiography

an account on one’s own life, accurate facts, expeditionary and narrative characteristics, more subjective, more intimate tone

biography

an account on someone else’s life, accurate facts, expeditionary and narrative characteristics, more objective

memoir

focuses on just one aspect of the individual’s life, or on one particular event, as opposed to encompassing the entire life of the subject

fester

become worse or intense, especially through long-term neglect

countenance

appearance or expression of the face

defer

to put off to a future time

demure

shy and modest

indulge

to yield an inclination or desire

diverge

to move in different directions from a common point

trod

to walk on, over, or along

rage

anger, fury, violent anger

lament

to express sorrow, mourning or regret

temperament

moderate or self-restraint; not extreme or excessive

gilded

covered or highlighted

opalescent

having a milky iridescence like that of an opal

furrow

to make a narrow groove-like or trench-like depression in any surface

bacchanalian

drunken

commiserate

to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; emphasize with

debouched

corrupted; displayed the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

despondent

lacking hope; dejected

incorrigible

unable to be corrected or reformed

malign

to slander; to speak of; define

obstinacy

stubborn adherence to one’s opinion

propensity

a strong natural inclination or tendency

rapturous

ecstatic; carried away with delight

superciliously

haughtily disdainful or contemptuous; arrogantly

timorous

full of fear; timid

abashed

ashamed or embarrassed

acquiesce

to agree without protest; consent

antipathy

strong dislike or natural aversion

languid

listless; indifferent; lacking in vigor or vitality

dissonance

lack of harmony

frugal

thrifty; economical; not wasteful

ostentatiously

in a showy manner

repudiate

to reject, cast off, or disown with disapproval

sequestrate

to set apart; seclude

capricious

subject to or led by a sudden or unpredictable change; erratic

doggedly

persistently; stubbornly

estranged

displaying a feeling of alienation

augment

to make larger in size, number, or strength; increase

carnage

the slaughter of a great number of people as in a battle; massacre

fraternity

a group of people having common purposes, interests, etc.; brotherhood

comely

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

purveyor

a person who provides or supplies

rapacious

given to seizing for the satisfaction of greed; greedy

constrain

to repress or restrain with force

ruminate

to medicate muse; ponder

abridge

to shorten by omission while restraining the basic contents

deduce

to draw a conclusion from something known; infer

gentility

good breeding or refinement

pillage

to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence; plunder

relent

to soften in feeling, temper, or determination

evade

to escape from (by trickery or cleverness)

solemnity

the state of being solemn or earnest

forlorn

desolate or dreary; unhappy; hopeless

ardent

having or expressing intense feeling; passionate; fervant

civil

relating to citizens

adversary

a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; an opponent or enemy

beget

to breed or give life

beseech

to beg eagerly

chastity

abstention from sexual intercourse

courtier

an attendant at a royal court

flourish

to make dramatic, sweeping gestures

humor

a mood, a whim

posterity

succeeding or future generations

pernicious

destructive; deadly, causing harm

portentous

significant; momentous

scathe

to harm

conceive

to imagine

profane

characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things

feign

to act as if; to fake

idolatry

excessive adoration or devotion

inconstant

changeable; fickle

perjuries

lies; the willful giving of false testimony

rancor

hatred

bedeck

to adorn, to clothe

chide

to express disapproval of; to scold

consort

to associate with or keep company

effeminate

womanly

forbear

to refrain or abstain from

martial

inclined to war; warlike

purgatory

a place of temporary punishment or suffering

tributary

contributing, adding to

bier

a funeral bed

pensive

reflective, thoughtful

redress

to set right what is wrong

stifle

to surpress or stifle

warrant

to assure, to guarantee

inundate

to overwhelm with something

inter

to bury

penury

impoverished, poor

pestilence

a deadly epidemic disease

inauspicious

not prosperous; unfortunate