Vocabulary 11Piquet
Up to date as of 10-23-07 for Piquet's English 11 class.
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- quicken
- to come back to life
- deference
- respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another
- vigor
- healthy physical or mental energy or power
- ameliorate
- to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
- desolate
- solitary
- usury
- the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest
- amenable
- ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield
- trite
- lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- conjecture
- the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof
- repudiate
- to reject as having no authority or binding force
- emulate
- to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
- allegory
- a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
- prodigious
- extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.
- amalgamation
- to mix or merge so as to make a combination
- raiment
- clothing; apparel; attire
- pathos
- a feeling of sympathy or pity for
- incisive
- penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant
- gossamer
- an extremely delicate variety of gauze, used esp. for veils
- proclivity
- natural or habitual inclination or tendency
- nutriments
- a source of nourishment; food.
- heterodox
- not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines
- infamy
- the disgrace to somebody's reputation caused by an infamous act or behavior
- stringent
- rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe
- evanescent
- vanishing; fading away; fleeting
- toil
- hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort
- vestment
- an official ceremonial robe
- barbarity
- brutal or inhuman conduct; cruelty
- plebeian
- belonging or pertaining to the common people
- ductile
- able to undergo change of form without breaking
- drivel
- childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking
- hackneyed
- made commonplace or trite
- simulate
- to assume or have the appearance of characteristics of
- sustenance
- means of sustaining life; nourishment
- marrow
- the essence, core, or key part of something
- scruples
- motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions; conscience
- salient
- prominent or conspicuous; evident
- wanton
- deliberate and without motive or provocation
- impertinent
- intrusive or presumptuous
- inclement
- not kind or merciful
- misdemeanor
- a crime less serious than a felony and resulting in a less severe punishment
- cajole
- to persuade by flattery or promises
- physiognomy
- judging by expression (facial feature)
- anathema
- person or thing detested or loathed
- deplorable
- causing or being a subject for grief or regret
- earnest
- serious in intention, purpose, or effort
- aphorism
- a verse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
- lassitude
- a state of weariness accompanied by listlessness or apathy
- inscrutable
- not expressing anything clearly and thus hard to interpret
- tempest
- a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult
- orthodox
- of, pertaining to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc
- accord
- to be in agreement with
- providence
- the foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth
- interloper
- to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license
- invariably
- always or almost always
- beneficent
- doing good or causing to be done;
- precocious
- unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development
- reticent
- disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
- incessant
- continuing without interruptoin
- throng
- a great number of things crowded or considered together
- propinquity
- nearness in place; proximity
- approbation
- official approval or sanction
- indubitable
- unquestionable
- propagate
- to reproduce, spread, or breed
- sagacious
- having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd
- enumerate
- to specify
- edifice
- a building, especially one of imposing appearance or size
- scathing
- bitterly severe, as a remark
- vitriolic
- very caustic; scathing; mean, harsh
- promontory
- a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland
- lurid
- sensational and shocking, with graphic details of horror, devastation, or violence
- rend
- to separate into parts with force of violence
- melancholy
- feeling or making somebody feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness
- vagrant
- a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment
- emancipate
- to free from restraint, influence, or the like
- venerable
- commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity
- scintillating
- to sparkle; flash
- allusion
- passing reference or indirect mention
- caveat
- a warning or caution
- exult
- to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy
- perverse
- contrary
- countenance
- appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face
- nebulous
- not clear, distinct, or definite
- acute
- sharp or severe in effect; intense
- transcend
- to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed
- vivacity
- liveliness; animation; sprightliness