ELA Vocabulary 11 and 12

Fervid

Fervid

Full of intense passion or zeal

Effervescent

Bubbling up from of liquid

Conflagration

A large destructive fire

Flagrant

Shockingly evident; outrageously conspicuous

Inflammatory

Arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility

Flamboyant

Colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner

Incendiary

Designed or intended to cause a fire

Incense

To infuriate; to enrage

Caustic

Able to burn or eat away by chemical action

Cauterize

To burn with hot iron or chemical to destroy abnormal tissue or stop infection and or bleeding

Pyre

A pile of wood for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; a pile of combustible materials

Pyrotechnics

A display of fireworks

Pyromania

A compulsion to set things on fire

Scintilla

A small amount

Scintillate

To give off sparks; flash'; to sparkles

Scintillate

To be animated or bright

Confluence

The flowing together of two or more elements; streams or rivers, ideas, influences, or cultures

Effluent

A stream or overflow from a larger body of water or from a channel or sewer.

Flux

A flow OR a continuous succession of changes

Dehydrate

To remove water or moisture

Hydrology

The study of water and its effects on and in the earth and atmosphere

Cormorant

A dark, hook-billed sea bird OR a greedy person

Marinade

A liquid often seasoned with spices or herbs to flavor meat or fish before cooking

Nausate

To cause queasiness; to cause to feel sick OR to cause the feeling of repulsion or disgust

Nave

The walkway between aisles in a church

Pontiff

A poe or bishop

Pontificate

To speak with pompous authority

Undulate

To have or to cause to have a wavy motion

Redound

To reflect or come back either favorably or unfavorable (upon a person or thing)

Redundant

Superfluous; exceeding what is needed, or what is needed no longer OR verbose; needlessly repetitious

Inundate

To submerge or overflow with water; to flood OR To overwhelm