English 4 - Vocabulary #1

Vocabulary Words

  1. ∗∗Boor(noun):arudeperson;someonethatisunrefined.∗∗**Boor (noun): a rude person; someone that is unrefined.**

     1. Boorish - adjective 2. Boorishly - adverb 3. Boorishness - noun

  1. ∗∗Prodigious(adj):enormousinsize,quantity,degree;marvelous,amazing∗∗**Prodigious (adj): enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing**

     1. Prodigiously - adverb 2. Prodigiousness - noun

  1. ∗∗Forbearance(adj):patience∗∗**Forbearance (adj): patience**

     1. Forbear - verb 2. Forbearer - noun 3. Forbearingly - adverb

  1. ∗∗Panache(n):dashingeleganceofmannerorstyle∗∗**Panache (n): dashing elegance of manner or style**
  2. ∗∗Agog(adj):highlyexcitedbyeagerness∗∗**Agog (adj): highly excited by eagerness**
  3. ∗∗Forthright(adj):frank;goingstraighttothepoint∗∗**Forthright (adj): frank; going straight to the point**

     1. Forthrightly - adverb 2. Forthrightness - noun

  1. ∗∗Fiasco(n):acompleteorhumiliatingfailure∗∗**Fiasco (n): a complete or humiliating failure**
  2. ∗∗Profound(adj):intellectuallydeeporpenetrating;reachingto,risingform,oneffectingthedepthsofone’snature∗∗**Profound (adj): intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising form, on effecting the depths of one’s nature**

     1. profoundly - adverb 2. Profoundness - noun

  1. ∗∗Opaque(adj):havingnoluster;dull;hardtounderstand∗∗**Opaque (adj): having no luster; dull; hard to understand**

     1. Opaquely - adverb 2. Opaqueness, Opacity - noun

  1. ∗∗Doleful(adj):sorrowful;melancholy∗∗**Doleful (adj): sorrowful; melancholy**

     1. Dolefully - adjective 2. Dolefulness - noun