English honors vocab

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Belligerent

Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive

Benevolent

Kindly, charitable

Cursory

Hasty, quick, not thorough

Duplicity

Treachery, deceitfulness

Extol

To praise extravagantly

Feasible

Possible, Able to be done

Grimace

A wry face; facial distortion

Holocaust

A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering 

Impervious

Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Impetus

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Jeopardy

Danger

Meticulous

Extremely careful; Particular about details

Nostalgia

A longing for something past

Quintessence

The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Retrogress

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrutinize

To examine closely

Tepid

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest

Adversary

An enemy; opponent

Alienate

To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

Artifice

A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Coerce

To compel; to force

Craven

Cowardly; a coward

Culinary

Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Demise

A death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Exhilarate

To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Fallow

Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish

Fallow (noun)

Land left unseeded

Fallow (verb)

To plow but not seeded

Harass

To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Adulterate

To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

Ambidextrous

Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful; hypocritical

Augment

To make larger, increase

Bereft

Deprived of, made unhappy through a loss

Deploy

To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

Dour

Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill

Fortitude

Courage in facing difficulties

Gape

To stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide

Gibe

To utter taunting words

Gibe (noun)

An expression of scorn

Guise

An external appearance, cover, mask

Insidious

Intended to deceive or entrap; sly; treacherous

Intimation

A hint, indirect suggestion

Opulent

Wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose

Pliable

Easily bent, flexible; easily influenced

Reiterate

To say again, repeat

Stolid

Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull

Tentative

Experimental in nature; uncertain; hesitant

Unkempt

Not combed, untidy, not properly maintained, unpolished, rude

Verbatim

Word for word

Warily

Cautiously; with great care

Adroit

Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Amicable

Peaceable; friendly

Averse

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Inclement (Adjective)

Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action

Liquidate (Verb)

To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

Muse (Verb)

To think about in a dreamy way; to ponder

Negligible (Adjective)

So unimportant that it can be disregarded

Perpetuate (Verb)

To make permanent or long lasting

Precedent (Noun)

An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Punitive (Adjective)

Inflicting or aiming at punishment

Redress (Verb)

To set right, remedy

Sojourn (Noun)

A temporary stay

Urbane (Adjective)

Refined in manner or style; suave