First Six Weeks Vocab
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- ascendancy
- domination; growing power
- sycophant
- a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
- ascend
- to move upward, to rise from a lower station
- haughty
- arrogant, excessively proud and vain
- elucidate
- to make clear, to explain
- aloof
- apart,different
- belie
- to contradict, to give a false impression
- gluttonous
- greedy for food and drink
- languid
- slow sluggish, listless, weak
- antithesis
- a direct oppostite, a contrast
- buoyant
- capable of floating; cheerful
- frivolous
- lacking in seriuosness or importance
- contentiuos
- quarrelsome, stirring controversy
- perjury
- false testimony under oath
- archaic
- antiquated, old, out of use
- perfunctory
- acting routinely with little interest or care
- atrophy
- to waste away; wither
- symmetry
- balanced proportions
- clandestine
- secret
- dissemination
- the act of spreading widely' scattering
- hypocrite
- one who is insincere of deceitful
- dogmatic
- strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
- ephemeral
- lasting a short period of time, fleeting
- ameliorate
- to make better, to relieve, to improve
- paradoxial
- something that appears false or contradictory but is actuall correct
- calamity
- a seriuos event causeing distress or misfortune
- impetuous
- violentm hasty, rash, impulsive
- indolence
- laziness
- assuage
- belie
- venerate
- to honor, to revere
- debase
- to reduce in dignity or quality
- amenable
- open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable
- vivid
- bright, distinct, clear
- prolific
- abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity
- levity
- excessive frivolty, flippancy
- dawdle
- to waste time, to spend time idly to move in a lackadaisical manner
- furtive
- secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
- volatile
- quickly changeable, easily vaporized
- tranquil
- peaceful,calm
- cursory
- superficial, casual, hastily done
- trivia
- insignifigant matters
- infallible
- incapable or error
- precocious
- exceptionally early in development or occurence
- ferocity
- savagery
- euphemism
- substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
- penitent
- showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repenant
- defamation
- act of harming or ruining another's reputation
- enmity
- absolute hatred
- acrimoniuos
- caustic
- efface
- to erase, to wear away
- colciliate
- to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship
- extricate
- to free, to disentangle
- innate
- existing from birth, inborn
- inscrutable
- difficult to understant; mysteriuos
- esoteric
- understood only by a small group or a select few
- fastidous
- reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme
- banal
- common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
- industrious
- skllfully busy or occupied
- exacerbate
- to aggrivate, to irritate, to vex
- pompus
- exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic
- austere
- strict; stern; unadorned, ascetic
- garrulous
- talkative, rambling
- benign
- not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
- melancholy
- depression of spirits
- oblique
- slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading
- antiquated
- obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usuable
- virulent
- extremely poisonous; hateful
- arable
- fit for plowing, tillable
- gregarious
- sociable and outgoing
- vacillating
- changing, fluctuating
- debilitate
- to weaken, to enfeeble
- opaque
- not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand
- reprove
- to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent
- cajole
- to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
- lethargic
- sluggish, languid
- inane
- lacking signifigance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid
- egocentric
- self centered. selfish
- mundane
- oridinary, comonplace
- rancor
- bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
- petulance
- unreasonable
- duplicity
- double-dealing, hypocrisy
- extol
- to praise, to glorify
- opulence
- wealth, affulence, abundence
- discord
- lack of agreement, tension, strife
- slothful
- lazy, indolent
- autonomous
- independent, self-contained
- infamous
- having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious,notoriuosly bad
- capricious
- changing suddenly, fickle
- ominous
- threatening
- verbose
- wordy, very talkative
- amorphous
- shapeless, having no definate form
- derision
- scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
- insolence
- insulting or comtempuous behavior
- impervious
- incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged
- floursih
- to thrive, to grow well
- forbearance
- patience, lenience
- malice
- desire to harm others
- oblivion
- state of being forgotton
- aesthetic
- relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
- daunt
- to intimidate, to dismay