Vocabulary 9th Grade English
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- plagiarize
- (v) to use and pass off as one's own ideas or writings of another; to appropriate for use as one's own passages and ideas from another.
- probity
- (n) complete honesty; integrity; uprightness in one's dealings
- aspire
- (vb) to desire strongly; to have great ambition; to yearn or to seek after
- bamboozle
- (vb) to deceive by trickery; to hoodwink; to dupe
- hoodwink
- (vb) to deceive; to take in by deceptive means
- cower
- (vb) to cringe in fear; to crouch or draw back, as from fear of pain, to shrink or tremble as from someone's anger, threats or blows
- deign
- (as intransitive verb): to condescend; to be willing to do something that one considers beneath his/her dignity
- divulge
- (v) to reveal something (private)
- eclectic
- (adj) made up of what is selected from various sources
- fallacy
- (n) a misleading belief
- empirical
- (adj) depending on experience or observation alone
- rail
- (vb) to utter a bitter complaint
- palpable
- (adj) plainly seen, heard, perceived
- cosmic
- (adj) vast, relating to the universe
- exult
- (v) to shoe or feel a triumphant joy
- debacle
- (n) an overwhelming defeat or rout; a stunning, runious collapse or downfall
- bildungsroman
- (n) a novel that deals with the development or education or maturing of the main character
- hypothetical
- (adj) assumed; supposed; based on, involving, or having the nature of a hypothesis
- hypocritical
- (adj) pretending to be what one is not; pretending to be more pious or more virtuous than one really is
- in lieu of
- (adj) instead of
- insiduous
- (adj) treacherous
- vivacious
- (adj) full of life and animation; spirited; lively
- tremulous
- (adj) quivering, trembling shaking, unsteady
- earthy
- (adj) simple, natural, hearty (2) coarse; unrefined
- proliferate
- (vb) to grow rapidly; to produce or to create in great number; to multiply rapidly
- cliche'
- (n) an expression or idea that has become trite or is no longer fresh
- prescribe
- (vb) to banish; to outlaw; to forbid
- succor
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(n) help aid relief
(vb) to give assistance to in time of need or distress - meander
- (vb) to wander without pattern or plan; to wander aimlessly or idly; to take a winding course
- iridescent
- (adj) having, shifting, rainbow-like colors
- oxymoron
- (n) a figure of speech in which opposite or contrary ideas or terms are combined
- plaintive
- (adj) mournful, woeful, expressing sorrow or melancholy
- exobitant
- (adj) excessive; extravagant; going beyond what is reasonable or fair
- impart
- (vb) to make known or to share; to reveal;to tell (2) to give, to give a share or portion of
- presentiment
- (n) a foreboding; having the feeling that something, esp of an unfortunate or evil nature, is about to occur
- blandishment
- (n); a flattering or ingratiating remark or act, meant to persuade (usually used plural)
- magnanimous
- (adj) noble in mind; high-souled esp in overlooking injury and insult
- copious
- (adj) very plentiful; abundant
- lacerate
- (vb) to tear jaggedly; to amngle (something soft, like flesh) 2) to wound or to hurt esp. one's feelings, deeply
- peremptory
- (adj) admitting no argument or discussion; dictatorial; imperious; dogmatic
- importune
- (vb) to urge or to entreat persistently or repeatedly' to trouble with requests or demands
- inopportune
- (adj) coming at a bad or inconvenient time
- portmanteau
- (n) a large stiff leather suitcase with a two-hinged compartment (it opens like a book into two compartments)
- inscrutable
- (adj) enigmatic;unfathomable; that cannot be easily understood
- portmanteau word
- (n) a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words; a word that is a combination of two other words in form and meaining (ex smog, chortle)
- doleful
- (adj)mornnful; full of sadness or sorrow; melancholy
- salubrious
- (adj) healthy; wholesome; promoting health or well being
- pique
- (n) resentment at being slightled; ruffled pride; a fit of displeasure
- draconian
- (adj) harsh; severe
- chauvinism
- (n) 1) fanatical patriotism; militant devotion to and glorification of one's country 2) prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own group, gender, or kind
- promethean
- (adj)boldly creative
- Achilles's heel
- (n) a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness
- mercurial
- (adj) 1) volatile; quick and changeable in temperament 2) having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness and thievishness attributed to Mercury
- bacchanal
- (n) 1) drunken or riotous celebration 2) reveler
- Babel
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(n) a confusion of noise and sounds
In the Bible, a city (now thought to be Babylon) in Shinar where construction of a tower intended to reach heaven was ended when the builders were unable to understand each other's language - stentorian
- (n) extremely loud (Stentor in the Iliad had "the voice of 50 men"
- titanic
- (adj) huge; colossal; having great size or stature
- Titan
- (n) 1) originally, one of a family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaea who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown by Zues; now, person of colossal size, strenght, or acheivement
- lothario
- (n) playboy; a seducer of women (character in play by Nicholas Rowe, "The Fair Penitent)
- Procrustean
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(adj) exhibiting merciless disregard for individual differences. Procrustes, a mythical Greek giant, who stretched or shortened captives to make them fit his beds.
Tending to produce conformity by violent or unreasonable means. - pate
- (n) the human head; the skull
- fortnight
- (n) two weeks
- mendacious
- (adj) lying; untruthful; false; untrue
- mendacity
- (n) lies; untruthfulness
- wraith
- (n) 1) spirit or ghost of a dead person; 2) an apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death 3) something shadowy and unsubstantial
- ascertain
- (vb) to find out with certainty; to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
- avarice
- (n) greed for riches; cupidity
- stationary
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(adj) not moving or moveable; fixed or still; unchangin; not migratory or itinerant
(do not confuse with stationery - paper on which you write letters "e" mnemonic - resonant
- (adj) 1) strong and deep in tone; resounding (a resonant voice) 2) continuing to sound in the ears or memory; echoing (resonant words of exhortation)
- mollify
- (adj): to calm in temper or feeling; to soothe; to soften
- pungent
- (adj) 1) affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp; acrid sensation20 penetrating, biting or caustic (pungent satire) 3) to the point; sharp 4) pointed (a pungent leaf)
- wrath
- (n) forceful, often vindictive anger 2) punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger 3) divine retribution for sin
- assassin
- (n) one who murders by surprise attack, esp. one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person
- extrapolate
- (adj) to infer or to estimate by extending or projecting known information
- adage
- (n) a traditional saying; a proverb
- onerous
- (adj) troublesome or bothersome; oppressive; burdensome
- ad hoc
- (adj) concerned or dealing with a specific purpose (also: improvised or impromptu)
- gingerly (adv)
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(adv) cautiously; with great care or delicacy
(adj) careful; cautious - imminent
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—adj.
1. likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent. - eminent
- 1. high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
- precarious
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(adj)1. dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
2. exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky: the precarious life of an underseas diver. - infallible
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—adj.
1. absolutely trustworthy or sure: - canny
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—adj.
1. careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply.
2. astute; shrewd; knowing; sagacious: a canny negotiator.
3. skilled; expert. - uncanny
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—adj.
1. having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary - discreet
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—adj.
1. judicious in one's conduct or speech, esp. with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect. - discrete
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—adj.
1. apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts. - formidable
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—adj.
1. causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
2. of discouraging or awesome strength, size, difficulty, etc.; intimidating: a formidable problem. - gargoyle
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—n.
1. a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal. - guerrilla
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—n.
a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc. - guru
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n.
1. Hinduism.a preceptor giving personal religious instruction.
2. an intellectual or spiritual guide or leader.
3. any person who counsels or advises; mentor: - hypocrisy
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n.,
—pl. -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess. - preclude
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v.t.
1. to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible - impunity
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—n.
1. exemption from punishment.
2. immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action. - redress
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—n.
1. the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
2. relief from wrong or injury. - serendipity
- (n) accidental good fortune
- introspection
- (n) self examination of ones own feelings
- introvert
- (n) 1. a shy person.
- extrovert
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n.
1. an outgoing, gregarious person. - undulate
- (v) to move in a wavy fashion
- incognito
- (n) a person who uses a false identity
- assiduous
- (adj constant in effort
- stately
- (adj) majestic
- monolithic
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(adj) characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability
monolith (n) 1. an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone. - defenestration
- (n) the act of throwing something or someone out the window
- exonerate
- (v) to be free of guilt or blame
- emulate
- (v) to try to equal or excel by imitation
- retribution
- (n) something given or inflicted as a reward of something done (recompense )
- catacombs
- (n) underground burial place
- jaunty
- (adj) easy or sprightly in manner or bearing
- referendum
- (n); The practice of voting on measures already approved by a legislative body, public vote on an item for approval or rejection
- Paroxysm
- (n) a sudden violent outburst
- feckless
- (adj) ineffective, careless
- consternation
- (n) dismay
- disconsolate
- (adj) hopelessly unhappy
- neophyte
- (n) novice
- vicarious
- (adj) performed or done by one person in place of another
- ignominy
- (n) shameful action
- corroborate
- (v) to strengthen with evidence
- aberration
- (n) departure from what is right or true
- cupidity
- (n) greed for wealth or power
- latent
- (adj) lying hidden or undeveloped within a person or thing
- foray
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(v) to ravage
(n) sudden raid or first attempt in unfamiliar field - derisive (2)
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(adj) mocking
(v) deride: to mock - patronize
- (v) to sponsor or support, to talk down to, to go as a customer on a regular basis
- subversive
- (adj) tending to overthrow
- refectory
- (n) a room of refreshment, dining room
- prodigious
- (adj) amazing, of great size
- deleterious
- (adj) harmful
- conundrum
- (n) a dilemma
- esprit de corps
- (n) sense of unity of a group in a task
- coup de grace
- (n) death blow to end misery, decisive event
- ephemeral
- (adj) lasting a very short time
- ebullient
- (adj) high spirited
- denizen
- (n) an inhabitant
- gregarious
- (adj) fond of the company of others (social), live in flocks
- invariable
- (adj) constant
- inevitable
- (adj) unable to be avoided
- deploy
- (v) to spread out strategically
- peripatetic
- (adj) walking or traveling about
- enmity
- (n) a feeling of hostility
- tenuous
- (adj) weak
- sepulcher
- (n) a tomb
- exhort
- (v) to advise or urge
- rejoinder
- (n) a response
- incredulous
- (adj) skeptical
- expedite
- (v) to speed up progress of
- expeditious
- (adj) quick
- promulgate
- (v) to make known publically
- irrevocable
- (adj) not possible to be retracted
- irreconcilable
- (adj) impossible to settle
- felicity
- (n) state of being happy
- fortitude
- (n) mental or emotional strength in facing difficulty
- impetuous
- (adj) of pertaining to or characterized by a sudden action, rash
- turgid
- (adj) swollen, pompous
- bulwark
- (n) wall, protection against external change, protective person or thing
- cache
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(n) hiding place, what you hide
(v) to hide something - libation
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n.
1. a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a god.
2. the liquid poured out. - unwonted
- (adj) not usual
- panacea
- (n) remedy for all illness
- bovine
- (adj) dull, cow
- droll
- (adj) amusing in an odd way
- fop
- (n) man excessively concerned about his appearance
- dupe
- (n) person who is easily fooled
- epistolary
- (adj) contained
- restive
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(adj)
1. impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
2. refractory; stubborn. - dissident
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(n)n.
a person who disagrees as in opinion or attitude - ensconce
- (v) to settle securely or snugly, to hide
- oubliette
- (n) secret dungeon with opening in the ceiling
- machination
- (n) crafty schemes; plots, act of creating a crafty scheme or plot
- cryptic
- (adj) mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous
- malinger
- (v) to pretend illness to avoid work or other duty
- anarchy
- (n) state of society without government or law
- truncate
- (v) to shorten by cutting off a part