Honors English 3-4 - Semester 2 List 6 Vocab

  1. Abject: of the most contemptible kind

  2. Aberration: a state or condition markedly different from the norm

  3. Abjure: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

  4. Abnegation: the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

  5. abrogate: revoke formally

  6. abscond: run away, often taking something or somebody along

  7. Abstruse: difficult to understand

  8. accede: yield to another's wish or opinion

  9. accost: approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

  10. accretion: An increase by natural growth or addition

  11. Acumen: Shrewdness shown by keen insight

  12. Adamant: Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

  13. Admonish: Scold or reprimand, take to task

  14. Adumbrate: Describe roughly or give the main points in summary of

  15. Adverse: In an opposing direction

  16. Advocate: A person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

  17. Affluent: Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

  18. Aggrandize: Embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of

  19. Alacrity: Liveliness and eagerness

  20. Alias: A name that has been assumed temporarily

  21. Ambivalent: Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

  22. Amenable: Disposed or willing to comply

  23. Amorphous: Having no definite form or distinct shape

  24. anachronistic: Chronologically misplaced

  25. Anathema: A formal ecclesiastical curse accomplished by excommunication

  26. Annex: Attach to

  27. Antediluvian: Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

  28. Antiseptic: Thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms

  29. Apathetic: Showing little or no emotion or animation

  30. Antithesis: Exact opposite

  31. Apocryphal: Beling of questionable authenticity

  32. Approbation: Official acceptance or agreement

  33. Arbitrary: Based on subject ro individual discretion or preference

  34. Arboreal: Of or relating to or formed by trees

  35. Arcane: Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

  36. Archetypal: Of an original pattern on which other things are modeled

  37. Arrogate: Seize and take control without authority

  38. Ascetic: Someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline

  39. Aspersion: A disparaging remark

  40. Assiduous: Marked by care and persistent effort

  41. Atrophy: A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

  42. Bane: Causing disease or death