English 12 Vocab List #14

Diffident - lacking confidence in one’s own ability or worth

Belie - to prove to be false; to contradict

Recapitulate - to review or summarize

Bolster - to support, strengthen, or uphold

Cumbersome - burdensome; troublesome

Deficit - a lock or shortage; deficiency

Imminent - likely to occur at any moment

Eminent - high in rank or reputation

Paradox - a statement that seems contradictory but true

Bias - an inclination towards a certain opinion or subject

Character - a person portrayed in a work of literature

Free Verse - Poetry with no fixed patterns

Effect - result - The effect of the medicine was immediate

Affect - to make change - The medicine might affect the prognosis