Honors English 3-4 - Semester 2 List 6 Vocab

Abject

Of the most contemptible kind.

Aberration

A state or condition markedly different from the norm.

Abjure

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief.

Abnegation

The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief.

Abrogate

Revoke formally.

Abscond

Run away, often taking something or somebody along.

Abstruse

Difficult to understand.

Accede

Yield to another's wish or opinion.

Accost

Approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently.

Accretion

An increase by natural growth or addition.

Acumen

Shrewdness shown by keen insight.

Adamant

Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason.

Admonish

Scold or reprimand, take to task.

Adumbrate

Describe roughly or give the main points in summary of.

Adverse

In an opposing direction.

Advocate

A person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea.

Affluent

Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.

Aggrandize

Embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of.

Alacrity

Liveliness and eagerness.

Alias

A name that has been assumed temporarily.

Ambivalent

Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow.

Amenable

Disposed or willing to comply.

Amorphous

Having no definite form or distinct shape.

Anachronistic

Chronologically misplaced.

Anathema

A formal ecclesiastical curse accomplished by excommunication.

Annex

Attach to.

Antediluvian

Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.

Antiseptic

Thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms.

Apathetic

Showing little or no emotion or animation.

Antithesis

Exact opposite.

Apocryphal

Being of questionable authenticity.

Approbation

Official acceptance or agreement.

Arbitrary

Based on subject or individual discretion or preference.

Arboreal

Of or relating to or formed by trees.

Arcane

Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.

Archetypal

Of an original pattern on which other things are modeled.

Arrogate

Seize and take control without authority.

Ascetic

Someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline.

Aspersion

A disparaging remark.

Assiduous

Marked by care and persistent effort.

Atrophy

A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

Bane

Causing disease or death.