Pre-AP English Honors 2

Sarah B.
Good words to know in order to write the most fabulous essays ever.
34 words 4 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. niggardliness
    extreme stinginess
  2. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  3. errant
    straying from the right course or from accepted standards
  4. avant-garde
    radically new or original
  5. bolster
    support and strengthen
  6. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  7. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  8. comity
    a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility
  9. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  10. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  11. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  12. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  13. unabashed
    not embarrassed
  14. retribution
    a justly deserved penalty
  15. laconic
    brief and to the point
  16. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
  17. quintessential
    representing the perfect example of a class or quality
  18. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  19. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  20. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  21. wend
    direct one's course or way
  22. plenitude
    a full supply
  23. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  24. deterrence
    a negative motivational influence
  25. belligerence
    hostile or warlike attitude or nature
  26. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  27. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  28. sycophantic
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  29. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  30. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  31. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  32. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
  33. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  34. specious
    plausible but false
Created on Sat Sep 01 14:54:45 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Sep 01 15:24:46 EDT 2012)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.