12th Honors Vocab Mastery

Jane R. (United States of America)
These are all the words that Seniors in honors english are expected to know by the end of the year at Hill-Murray.
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  1. acuity
    sharpness of vision
  2. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  3. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  4. ambient
    completely enveloping
  5. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  6. badinage
    frivolous banter
  7. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  8. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  9. cabal
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  10. cavort
    play boisterously
  11. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  12. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  13. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  14. cynosure
    something that provides guidance
  15. depraved
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  16. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  17. disarray
    untidiness, especially of clothing and appearance
  18. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  19. echelon
    level of authority in a hierarchy
  20. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  21. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  22. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  23. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  24. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  25. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  26. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  27. evince
    give expression to
  28. exacerbate
    make worse
  29. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  30. exhume
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
  31. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  32. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  33. furtive
    secret and sly
  34. garish
    tastelessly showy
  35. garner
    assemble or get together
  36. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  37. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  38. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  39. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  40. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  41. indictment
    an accusation of wrongdoing
  42. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  43. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  44. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
  45. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
  46. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  47. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  48. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  49. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  50. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  51. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  52. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  53. murky
    cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see through
  54. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  55. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  56. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  57. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  58. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  59. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  60. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  61. picayune
    small and of little importance
  62. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  63. portend
    indicate by signs
  64. prestigious
    having an excellent reputation; respected
  65. reconnaissance
    the act of scouting, especially to gain information
  66. recumbent
    lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
  67. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  68. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  69. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  70. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  71. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  72. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  73. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  74. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  75. verbiage
    overabundance of words
  76. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  77. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  78. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
Created on Mon Oct 14 12:35:58 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Oct 21 10:26:51 EDT 2013)

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