First Six Weeks
Terms
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- infamous
- having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad
- contenious
- quarrelsome, stirring controversy
- perjury
- false testimony under oath
- daunt
- to intimidate, to dismay
- garrulous
- talkative, rambling
- atrophy
- to waste away, to wither
- vivid
- bright, distinct, and clear
- impetuous
- violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
- sycophant
- a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
- aloof
- apart, indifferent
- industrious
- skillfully busy or occupied
- insolence
- insulting or contemptuous behavior
- levity
- excessive frivolity, flippancy
- dogmatic
- strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
- belie
- to contradict, to give a false impression
- archaic
- antiquated, old, out of use
- ascendancy
- domination; growing power
- assuage
- to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful, or burdensome, to calm
- cursory
- superficial, casual, hastily done
- discord
- lack of agreement, tension, strife
- aesthetic
- relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
- antiquated
- obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable
- debilitate
- to weaken, to enfeeble
- clandestine
- secret
- extricate
- to free, disentangle
- dissemination
- the act of spreading widely; scattering
- oblivion
- state of being forgotten
- forbearance
- patience, lenience
- frivolous
- lacking in seriousness or importance
- paradoxical
- something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
- vacillating
- changing, fluctuating
- derision
- scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
- enmity
- absolute hatred
- conciliate
- to reconcile, to pacify, to renew friendship
- arable
- fit for plowing, tillable
- rancor
- bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity