English Vocabulary Lessons 1-9 (Midterm Exam Review)

  • abhor: (verb) to detest, lothate, hate strongly

  • adamant: (adj.) unyielding; firm in opinion

  • altercation: (noun) a heated argument

  • ambivalent: (adj.) being uncertain, unable to decide between two opposing points of view; indecisive

  • amicable: (adj.) friendly; peaceable

  • apathy: (noun) lack of interest

  • appease: (verb) to make calm or quiet; to give in to the demands of

  • arduous: (adj.) difficult; requiring much effort; strenuous

  • audacity: (noun) insolence; rude boldness

  • avarice: (noun) excessive greed; desire for wealth

  • avid: (adj.) eager; extremely interested

  • bawdy: (adj.) indecent; humorously obscene

  • befuddle: (verb) to confuse; to perplex

  • cajole: (verb) to persuade with promises and flattery, coax

  • candid: (adj.) outspoken, blunt; straightforward, honest

  • caustic: (adj.) biting, sharp, sever, sarcastic; able to burn or corrode

  • chaos: (noun) complete disorder

  • chastise: (verb) to punish severely

  • circumvent: (verb) to bypass o go around; to avoid by cleverness

  • clandestine: (adj.) secret

  • cliche: (noun) a worn-out idea or overused expression

  • coerce: (verb) to force a person to do something against his or her will; compel, force 

  • collaborate: (verb) to work with another toward a goal/to cooperate with an enemy invade

  • complacent: (adj.) pleased with oneself or one’s deeds; contented

  • concur: (verb) to be of the same opinion; to agree with 

  • condone: (verb) to forgive or overlook an offense by treating the wrongdoer as if there had been nothing wrong

  • connive: (verb) to cooperate secretly in a wrongdoing 

  • connoisseur: (noun) an expert; an authority

  • contrite: (adj.) showing regret and sorrow, usually for having committed some wrongdoing; remorseful, repentant

  • copious: (adj.) abundant; large in number or quantity

  • crass: (adj.) coarse, stupid, tasteless  

  • credence: (noun) belief or trust)

  • culmination: (noun) the apex, highest point; completion, finish

  • cult: (noun) a fad-like devotion to a person, thing or idea; a group of people bound together by the same thing, person or ideal

  • cynical: (adj.) inclined to distrust or deny the goodness or sincerity of human motives; distrustful

  • decorum: (noun) conformity to accepted standards of conduct proper behavior; etiquette

  • destitute: (adj.) extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter

  • dilemma: (noun) a difficult choice; especially a choice between two equally undesirable alternatives

  • divulge: (verb) to reveal something private or secret

  • docile: (adj.) easy to teach or manage; submissive, compliant

  • dogmatic: (adj.) stating an opinion in an authoritative, superior, or arrogant manner

  • emaciated: (adj.) extremely thin, wasted away

  • emulate: (verb) to imitate; to try to equal or better

  • enamored: (adj.) to be in love with 

  • enhance: (verb) to increase; to raise to a higher degree or quality

  • enigma: (noun) a puzzling or seemingly inexplicable situation, person, etc.

  • enraptured: (adj.) to be delighted, thrilled

  • enunciate: (verb) to pronounce words clearly and distinctly

  • ethnic: (adj.) of or having to do with races or classes of people and their language, culture, history, etc.

evoke: (verb) to call forth; to draw forth

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