Honors English

Ingrad S.
44 words 6 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. acquisitive
    eager to attain and possess material possessions
  2. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  3. asseverate
    state categorically
  4. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  5. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  6. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  7. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  8. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  9. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  10. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  11. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  12. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  13. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  14. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
  15. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  16. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  17. ramify
    have or develop complicating consequences
  18. reconnaissance
    the act of scouting, especially to gain information
  19. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  20. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  21. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  22. temporize
    draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
  23. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  24. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  25. brackish
    slightly salty
  26. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  27. covenant
    an agreement between a god and the people
  28. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  29. gambit
    a chess move in which the player sacrifices minor pieces
  30. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  31. hoyden
    a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
  32. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  33. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  34. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  35. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  36. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  37. propound
    put forward, as of an idea
  38. propriety
    correct behavior
  39. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  40. summarily
    quickly and without following customary procedures
  41. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  42. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  43. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  44. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Created on Tue Apr 22 10:26:57 EDT 2008

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.