English vocab weeks 1-18
10th grade english vocab words (definitions from facebook, but now easier to study)
Terms
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- Surveillance
- supervision or superintendence
- Hackneyed
- made commonplease, stale
- Repugnant
- distasteful, objectionable, or offensive
- Amalgamate
- to mix or merge so as to make a combination
- Trivial
- of very little importance or value, insignificant
- Arbitrate
- to decide, to determine
- Embryology
- the origin, growth and development of an embryo
- Surly
- churlishly rude of bad-tempered
- Effervescent
- vivacious, lively, bubbling
- Adept
- a skilled or proficient person, expert
- Metamorphosis
- any complete change in appearance
- Contentious
- quarrelsome, argumentative
- Reactionary
- conservative, orthodox
- Anarchy
- a state of society without government
- Resilient
- springing back, rebounding
- Inviolable
- sanctified, divine
- Franchise
- a privilege of a public nature; the right or license
- Usurp
- to take over, to steal
- Guise
- disguise
- Glib
- easy or unconstrained
- Attest
- to bear witness, certify (attest TO)
- Pillage
- to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence
- Decadent
- self-indulgent, corrupt
- Onerous
- having or involving obligations or responsibilities
- Panacea
- a remedy for all diseases
- Poach
- to cheat in a game or contest
- Vestment
- garment, article of clothing
- Omniscient
- all-knowing
- Incumbent
- holding an indicate position
- Alienate
- to make indifferent or hostile
- Cessation
- a temporary or complete stopping
- Hoodwink
- to trick
- Literacy
- the quality or state of being literate, ability to read and write
- Artifact
- any object made by human beings
- Incredulous
- skeptical
- Hecatomb
- massacre, bloodshed
- Demure
- characterized by shyness and modesty
- Strident
- marking or having a harsh sound
- Altruism
- unselfish regard for or decotion to the welfare of others
- Tenure
- the holding or possessing of anything
- Ambiguous
- difficult to comprehend
- Evolution
- any process of formation or growth
- Succumb
- to give in, yield
- Schism
- a division, gap, or split
- Dichotomous
- divided or dividing into two parts
- Allele
- genetics
- Pander
- a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others
- Expedient
- tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable
- Veracity
- accuracy
- Euphoria
- a feeling of happiness, confidence or well-being
- Affable
- friendly
- Laconic
- expressing much in few words; concise
- Pliant
- bending readily, flexible
- Mercenary
- working or acting meredly for money of other reward
- Reflexive
- taking a subject and object with identical referents
- Apt
- unusually intelligent, able to learn quickly
- Exalt
- Praise, acclaim
- Protract
- to draw out or lengthen
- Aesthetic
- having a sense of the beautiful, characterized by a love of beauty
- Deft
- dexterous, nimble, skillful, clever
- Ode
- a lyric poem typically of elaborate metrical form
- Salient
- prominent or conspicuous, obvious
- Exemplary
- worthy of imitation, commendable
- Shrew
- a woman of violent temper and speech
- Antonym
- a word opposite in meaning to another
- Idle
- not spent or filled with activity
- Vertex
- the highest point of something
- Vortex
- a whirling mass of water, whirlpool
- Benefactor
- a person who confers a benetif; kindly helper
- Deign
- Patronize, condensed
- Vitality
- exuberant physical strength or mental vigor
- Dichotomy
- division into 2 parts
- Gullible
- easily deceived or cheated
- Rejuvenate
- to make young again
- Ruse
- a trick
- Surplice
- religious robe
- Jeopardize
- to hazard, risk, imperil
- Interim
- a temporary or provisional arrangement
- Dour
- gloomy, bleak, sour
- Peevish
- irritable, small minded
- Impartial
- not biased; fair or just
- Clamber
- to climb with effort or difficulty
- Fallacy
- a misleading or unsound argument
- Subsidiary
- serving to assist or supplement
- Paltry
- utterly worthless
- Guile
- crafty or artful deception
- Listless
- having or showing little or no interest in anything
- Vocation
- a particular occupation, business or calling
- Pugnacious
- combative
- Demagogue
- leader of the people, agitator
- Derive
- to receive or obtain from a source or origin
- Impoverish
- to make poor in quality; poor
- Hyperbole
- an exaggeration, extravagant statement
- Homage
- devotion, admiration
- Devoid
- not possessing, destitute, untouched by
- Penitent
- making up for something bad you did
- Heretical
- departure from accepted beliefs, unorthodox
- Sanctimonious
- self-righteous, hypocritical
- Adorn
- to decorate or add beauty
- Paramount
- chief in importance or impact
- Thesis
- a proposition stated or put forward for consideration
- Latent
- present but not visible, apparent or actualized
- Coagulate
- to change form from a fluid into a thickened mass, to curdle
- Assimilate
- to take in and incorporate as one's own
- Procurement
- to obtain or get by care, effort or the use of special means
- Point of view
- a specified state of manner
- Cunning
- skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner
- Haughty
- Arrogant, conceited
- Bisect
- divide, cross
- Enigma
- a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence
- Indict
- to charge with an offense or crime
- Dupe
- to deceive, trick
- Purloin
- to commit theft, steal
- Symmetric
- regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts
- Concord
- agreement between persons, groups, nations
- Mitosis
- the entire process of cell division
- Memoir
- a record of events written by a person habing intimate knowledge of them
- Vouch
- to support as being true (vouch FOR)
- Implicit
- implied, rather than expressively stated
- Farce
- foolish show, mockery
- Immutable
- changeless
- Supplant
- to replace one thing by something else
- Similar
- having a likeness or resemblance
- Pretension
- a claim or title to something
- Congruent
- corresponding, equal, compatible
- Alpha
- being the most prominent
- Constrain
- to repress or restrain
- Parody
- a humorous imitation of a serious peice of literature
- Quandary
- a state of perplexity or uncertainty
- Auspicious
- favored by fortune; prosperous
- Virulent
- highly infective
- Haphazard
- determined by or dependent on chance; aimless
- Advocate
- to speak or write in favor of
- Caprice
- an eccentric idea, whim
- Acrimonious
- nasty
- Alliance
- the act of allying or state of being allied
- Abate
- to reduce in amount, degree, intensity
- Ordination
- responsibility, choice
- Extort
- to take illegally by reason of one's office