VDLHS, Sophomore Year Ruiz Vocabulary

flagrant

in an obvious or intentional manner

implicit

understood without being stated

lucid

clearly expressed or visible (dreams)

moratorium

temporary delay or suspension

acuity

having awareness or knowledge (a skill)

botanical

related to plants

decisive

acting in a firm or resolved manner

cognizant

to be aware (situational)

ephemeral

short lived or lasting a short time

havoc

destruction or chaos

obliterate

completely destroyed or erased

precarious

dangerously unsafe or not secure

resilience

ability to withstand or recover

sanctity

quality of being holy or sacred

turbulence

violent or disturbed manner

admonition

a warning

chaotically

disorderly or unpredictable

compulsion

a feeling or forced obligation

contemporary

being of or from the same time

denizen

resident of a particular location

dissenter

one who disagrees and refuses to comply

facilitate

to make something happen more easily

ideology

a specific system of individual beliefs or values

manifest

is to bring something into being

mores

established customs or rituals

perfunctory

to act mechanically without thought

precipitate

to cause rapidly or unexpectedly

reallocate

to reassign or give out in a different way

secluded

hidden from view

transcend

to go above or rise above

annul

to declare invalid

benefactor

person or group that provides assistance as in gift or money

complacency

a feeling of contentment or self satisfaction

contention

an argument or claim

disseminate

to spread or circulate quickly

fluent

to have command over a subject

humility

to have a lack of superiority over others

incendiary

intended to cause fire

loathe

to hate or despise

orthodoxy

rules or customs that are strictly followed

plaintive

sadly or longingly

propensity

tending to behave or act in a certain way

retaliate

to get revenge or act in response

solace

a feeling of comfort or relief

subordinate

a person of lesser rank or authority

beleegered

facing multiple obstacles or difficulties

cryptic

secret or hidden

elaborate

to expand or explain in great detail

flail

to thrash about wildly

impetus

motivating force or drive

petulant

grouchy or temper tantrum

poignant

emotionally moving

proximity

nearness in location

repertoire

a repeated set of skills or abilities

sacrilegious

a gross offense to what is usually meant to be normal

stimulus

causes a reaction or a response

translucent

lets a little light through

truncate

to make shorter in terms of time

usurp

to take over illegally

vicarious

to see through the experience of another

adverbial clause

group of words that function as an adverb in a sentence, not a complete sentence

adverbs

after, once, although, almost, how, when, where, so that, wherever, even if, because, without, if etc.

prepositional phrases

indicating location or direction, modifying phrase that begins with a preposition, and contains an object

prepositions

which one, how, which, when, against, along, amid, minus, here, off, of, on, towards, under, unlike, until etc.

adjective clause

an adjective clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun, answers what kind, how many or which one, either essential or nonessential

essential adjective clause

you need the information it provides, essential does not have any commas

nonessential adjective clauses

nonessential clauses have a comma, the information is not needed

adjective

modifies the noun, who, whom, whose, which, how, where, why, that etc

correlative conjunction

works as a pair, used when equal ideas are presented

correlative conjunction examples

not only and but also, both and and, not and but, just as and so, no sooner and than