English 10B (H) Vocab list

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  1. scrupulous
    having ethical or moral principles
  2. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  3. wanton
    behave extremely cruelly and brutally
  4. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  5. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  6. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  7. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  8. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  9. metaphysical
    pertaining to the philosophical study of being and knowing
  10. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  11. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  12. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  13. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  14. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  15. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  16. coquettish
    like a flirtatious woman
    flirtacious; playful
  17. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  18. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
    (according to Mrs. Jost:) cliche; overused saying
  19. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  20. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  21. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  22. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  23. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  24. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  25. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  26. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  27. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  28. farrago
    a motley assortment of things
    Steven was fascinated with the colorful farrago of jelly beans.
  29. troglodyte
    a primitive person who lived in a cave
    In a shameless display of his troglodytic manners, Steven continuously shoveled steaming chicken pot pie into his hungry mouth.
    primitive
  30. efflorescence
    the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
  31. effulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  32. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
  33. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  34. corpulent
    excessively large
  35. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  36. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  37. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  38. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  39. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  40. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  41. guttural
    relating to or articulated in the throat
  42. callow
    young and inexperienced
  43. valediction
    a farewell oration
  44. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  45. specious
    plausible but false
  46. mirth
    great merriment
  47. effeminate
    lacking traits typically associated with men or masculinity
  48. coiffure
    the arrangement of the hair
  49. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
Created on Sat Apr 07 11:51:19 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Jun 06 00:20:19 EDT 2012)

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