12th Grade Vocab List English Class

Erin D.
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  1. tetchy
    easily irritated or annoyed
  2. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  3. lumber
    the wood of trees prepared for use as building material
  4. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  5. mulct
    money extracted as a penalty
  6. disposition
    your usual mood
  7. callow
    young and inexperienced
  8. callous
    emotionally hardened
  9. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  10. overzealous
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  11. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  12. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  13. revengeful
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  14. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  15. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  16. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  17. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  18. yucca
    any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
  19. brassy
    resembling or containing an alloy of zinc and copper
  20. furor
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  21. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  22. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  23. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  24. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  25. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  26. sinewy
    consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
  27. jurisdiction
    the territory within which power can be exercised
Created on Sat Dec 07 09:58:54 EST 2013

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