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9-16 Vocab Words

VOCAB WORDS

Terms

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Come
Honor Chest
assent
To consent; to express agreement
olfactory
Pertaining to the sense of smell
tangible
Perceptible by sense of touch
sonic
Pertaining to sound waves or audible sounds
Dixie
Normis
specter
A ghost
vigil
A period of staying awake to keep watch or to pray
improvise
To make up something without preparation
circutious
Roundabout; indirect
circumspect
Cautious and watchful; prudent
ire
Anger; rage
sensous
Appealing to the senses, especially aesthetically
provocative
Exciting; stimulating
rotunda
A circular domed building or hall
ideology
The main ideas of a class, group, or movement
presentitment
A sense of something about to happen
speculate
To form opinions without definite knowledge or evidence
refute
To prove a statement or person to be incorrect; to disprove
vociferous
Making an outcry; characterized by loudness, especially in protest
spectrum
The distribution of characteristics of a physical system, especially bands of colors seen as a rainbow or bands of differing sound waves
evoke
To summon or call forth; to inspire
zeal
Passionate devotion to a cause; ardor
feint
A misleading movement or pretended attack
resonate
To produce or show sound vibrations
feign
To pretend
festoon
A decorative chain of flowers, leaves or ribbons hung in a curve
ad hoc
For a specific purpose or situation
repertoire
The stocks of plays, stories, songs or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform
circumference
The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter
repose
A rest; peaceful state
prodigal
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant
assimilate
To take in and make a part of the body; to digest
auspicious
Showing signs that promise success
surveillance
Supervision or close observation, especially of a suspected person
procastinate
To put off doing something; to delay needlessly
rotund
Plump; rounded
fete
A party or festival, especially one held out of doors
dissent
To have or express a different opinion
cavernous
Like a large cave in size or darkness
Cody's Formal Last Name
WOMAN
volition
A conscious choice; use of one's will to make a decision
visionary
Existing only in imagination; fanciful; not practicial
retrospect
A survey of past times or events
doleful
Mournful; sad
prodigy
A person with exceptional talent or powers
encyclopedic
Possessing information about many subjects or intensively
condole
To express sympathy
cycllic
Occurring or moving in cycles
Nitish's Formal Last Name
AWESOME
ostentatious
Showy; intended to impress people
advocate
To speak in favor of something; to recommend
redolent
Smelling strongly
zealot
A zealous person; a fanatic
configuration
A shape of outline; a method of arrangement
Blank
Blank
jeopardy
Danger; peril
reticent
Of a silent nature; reserved in manner
excavate
To dig out
suave
Smooth in social manner
orb
A sphere; anything spherical in shape
orbit
Path of one body as it revolves around another body
tangent
Touching
jocular
Joking; avoiding seriousness
reiterate
To say over again
vigilant
Watchful; on the lookout for danger
assauge
To soothe; to make less severe; to satify
irascible
Irritable; hot tempered
irate
Angry; enraged
contiguous
Adjoining; sharing a boundary
concave
Curved like the inner surface of a ball
profuse
Plentiful, prodigal, overflowing; giving abundantly
introspection
Examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
tactile
Pertaining to or using the sense of touch; tangible
rote
By memory without thought of meaning
specimen
A single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category
figurative
Using figures of speech; symbolic not literal
ostensible
Pretended; given as an excuse, to conceal the real reason
repartee
a quick, witty reply
admonish
To scold gently but firmly
profane
showing disrespect toward God or sacred things
malevolent
Wishing harm to others; malicious
effigy
A sculpture or model of a person
sentinel
A sentry; one who keeps watch

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