ela 50 vocab

  • Evolve: To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level.

  • Enterprising: Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination.

  • Myriad: In very great numbers; a very great number.

  • Nonentity: A person or thing of no importance.

  • Plebeian: Common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; a common person.

  • Repercussion: An effect or consequence of some action or event, result; an echo or reverberation.

  • Excise: To remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service.

  • Rankle: To cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time).

  • Disgruntled: In bad humor, discontented, annoyed.

  • Devise: To think out, plan, figure out, invent, create.

  • Trepidation: Fear, fright, trembling.

  • Bask: To be in, or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from.

  • Wanton: Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals.

  • Assert: To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully.

  • Citadel: A fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place.

  • Maim: To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate.

  • Bolster: To support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post.

  • Unassuming: Not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest.

  • Renown: Fame, glory.

  • Apt: Suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn.

  • Durable: Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years.

  • Tenet: An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true.

  • Audacious: Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring.

  • Facetious: Humorous, not meant seriously.

  • Capitulate: To end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel.

  • Rue: To regret, be sorry for; a feeling of regret.

  • Premonition: Forewarning or foreboding of a future event.

  • Barter: An exchange in trade; to exchange goods.

  • Solicitous: Showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something.

  • Vie: To compete; to strive for victory or superiority.

  • Vigil: A watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention.

  • Dire: Dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster.

  • Curt: Short, rudely brief.

  • Discordant: Disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony.

  • Antics: Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions.

  • Devoid: Not having or using, lacking.

  • Obsess: To trouble, haunt, or fill the mind.

  • Jurisdiction: An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice.

  • Tawdry: Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

  • Encroach: To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass.

  • Scoff: To make fun of; to show contempt for.

  • Unison: A sounding together; agreement or accord.

  • Gallantry: Heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy.

  • Staid: Serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct.

  • Pert: High-spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty.

  • Teem: To become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities.

  • Perturb: To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion.

  • Laggard: A person who moves slowly or falls behind; falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond.

  • Qualm: A pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving,