Grade 12 Vocabulary List, Week of 11/11

Aquiline

adj. of, relating to, or resembling an eagle

Bilious

adj. of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition

adj. sickeningly unpleasant

Leonine

adj. of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion

Masticate

v. to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew

Misnomer

n. a use of a wrong or inappropriate name

Moribund

adj. being in the state of dying : approaching death

Muse

v. to become absorbed in thought

n. a source of inspiration

Muse

n. a source of inspiration

Aplomb

n. complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise

Beguile

v. hoodwink

Beguile

v. to lead by deception

Chaff

n. the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain

Chaff

n. something comparatively worthless

Chaff

v. light jesting talk : banter