Vocabulary Group 1-9th Grade
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- parable
- a simple story from which a moral lesson may be drawn
- imperturbable
- unable to be disturbed or excited; impassive
- jocose
- humorous, joking, facetious
- prelate
- a high ranking ecclesiastic such as a bishop
- dupe
- to deceive, to cheat...a person easily fooled
- renowned
- a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored; famous
- thether
- a rope or chain fastened to an animal
- ethereal
- referring to the upper regions of space, light, airy, delicate, celestial
- talon
- a claw
- quixotic
- extravagantly chivalrous; impractical
- candid
- sincere, honest, impartial
- burgeon
- to put forth, to sprout- a bud, a sprout
- corroborate
- to support with evidence or authority; to make more certain
- talisman
- anything with magic power; a good luck
- deciduous
- shedding leaves annually; shedding antlers or insect wings
- fallow
- land plowed but not sown......left uncultivated, when describing the mind, untrained, inactive
- piscine
- of or resembling a fish
- munificent
- bountiful, lavish, generous
- debacle
- an overthrow; a rout; a sudden great disaster; a breakdown or collapse
- crass
- grossly stupid; dull; coarse; gross
- mentor
- wise and loyal advisor; a teacher
- dirge
- a lament with music; a funeral hymn
- propitious
- favorably inclined, boding well, being of good omen or auspicious
- copse
- a thicket of small trees
- captious
- intended to entrap or confuse; quibbling, carping, faultfinding
- cloistered
- secluded; hidden from the world, usually religious seclusion
- chagrin
- vexation, disappointment, mortification, embarrassment
- elliptical
- resembling an ellipse or flattened circle; having words or word omitted without being unintelligible
- burnish
- to polish, to make shiny by rubbing; a gloss or polish
- bellicose
- showing readiness to quarrel or fight
- piscatorial
- of the fishes, fishing, or people who fish
- mull
- to grind, to cogitate or ponder; to hear, sweeten, or flavor with spice
- deleterious
- harmful, injurious
- cadaver
- a corpse or dead body, especially of a person
- harbinger
- a person or thing that comes before to announce what is to follow
- persiflage
- light, frivolous, flippant style in speaking or writing; banter, raillery
- recant
- to renounce belifs formerly held
- knell
- to ring especially for a death, funeral, or disaster; to toll; to summon, announce, or proclaim as if by a knell; the slow solemn sounding of a bell; an omen or signal of sorrow or death; any deep mournful sound
- clandestine
- secret, hidden, underhanded
- minx
- a pert and saucy girl
- succumb
- to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire; to cease to exist, die
- mime
- an ancient Greek or Roman farce; a clown; to play a part with gestures not words
- incognito
- with true identity not revealed; under disguise, with an assumed name
- acrimonious
- marked by hard or biting sharpness, especially of words, manner, or disposition; bitter
- enjoin
- to order officially, to forbid or prohibit
- enigma
- a perplexing statement, matter, or person; a riddle
- sedulous
- dilgient, persistent, hard working
- piquant
- agreeably pungent or stimulating to the taste
- ephemeral
- lasting one day, short-lived, transitory
- indigenous
- native, growing or produced naturally in a country or region
- ecclesiastical
- of the church, or relating to the organization of the church clergy
- callow
- undeveloped, inexperienced, immature
- chimerical
- imaginary, fantastic, unreal, absurd, impossible
- castigate
- to punish, chastise, or rebuke
- quibble
- to argue evasively; a petty evasion
- nebulous
- cloudy, misty, vague
- satiate
- to gratify with more thatn engough; sufficient or more then enough
- prude
- a person who is overly modest or proper
- Samaritan
- a person who comes to the aid of another; a native of Samaria
- nefarious
- wrong, wicked, villainous
- jubilant
- joyful and triumphant
- specter
- a ghost or an apparition
- forensic
- characteristic of or suitable for a law court or public debate; referring to a lawyer skilled in this area
- fortuitous
- happening by chance, accidental, luck
- solon
- a wise person, a law maker
- laity
- all people not included in the clergy; all people not included in a given profession
- gourmand
- a lover of good food; a glutton
- frugal
- not wasteful, thrifty
- symposium
- a formal meeting at which several speakers deliver a topic or related topics; a collection of opinions on a subject; a discussion
- sedentary
- characterized by sitting
- gargoyle
- waterspout or ornament in the form of a carved animal projecting from the gutter of a building
- tonsorial
- relating to a barber or a barber's work
- punctilious
- scrupulous, exact
- hyperbole
- exaggeration for effect, not meant to be taken literally
- parsimonious
- miserly, stingy
- muse
- to ponder or meditate
- millennium
- a thousand, especially a thousand years
- rapacious
- very grasping or greedy, living on prety
- patrician
- member of the nobility; noble , aristocratic
- parochial
- narrow, limited, provincial
- carp
- to talk in a peevish, grumbling or accusing way; to find fault pettily or unfairly; cavil
- secuar
- of or belonging to the world; worldly, not religious or sacred
- jingo
- a person who boasts of his or her patriotism; one who favor an aggressive foreign policy
- iniquitous
- unjust, wicked
- soiree
- an evening party or gathering
- epicure
- a connoisseur of food and drink; a person devoted to luxury and sensuous pleasure
- stylus
- needlelike writing device; a phonograph needle
- insurgent
- a rebel, one who opposes authority; rebellious
- fetid
- stinking; foully odorous
- pliable
- easily bent or molded; easily influenced
- mandate
- an authoritative order or command; the wishes of constituents expressed to their legislature or representative; to order a nation to govern a geographical area
- ambiguous
- doubtful or uncertain, especially from obscurity or indistinctness; inexplicable, capable of being understood in more than one way
- cursory
- superficial, passing rapidly over something without attention to detail
- fealty
- the duty and loyalty owned by a vassal to his lord
- plebescite
- an expression of the people's will by direct ballot
- bovine
- related to or resembling the ox or cow; both sluggish and patient
- bucolic
- rustic, rural, pastoral
- liturgy
- the prescribed ritual for public worship in any of various Christian churches
- stipened
- a tax, tribute, or regular payment like a salary or pension
- madrigal
- a short poem which can be set to music; a song with parts for several voices