English 10H Vocab
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- festoon
- (n.) a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- hulking
- (adj) heavy and clumsy; bulky
- morose
- (adj) gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- toddy-stricken
- (adj) drunk
- infantile
- (adj) characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish
- voluptuous
- (adj) full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment
- jalousies
- n. A blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulating the passage of air and light.
- sultry
- (adj) oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering
- jaded
- (adj) dulled or satiated by overindulgence
- gyrated
- (v)to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
- fawning
- (v) To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
- martial
- (adj) inclined or disposed to war; warlike
- bouillon
- (n) a clear, usually seasoned broth mader in which beef, chicken, etc., has been cooked, or by dissolving a commen by straining watercially prepared bouillon cube or cubes in hot water.
- erroneous
- (adj) containing error; mistake; incorrect; wrong
- reverie
- (n) a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing
- laden
- (adj) burdened; loaded down
- dexterous
- (adj) skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- haunches
- (n) The hip, buttock, and upper thigh in humans and animals.
- rout
- (n) an overwhelming defeat
- pugnacious
- (adj) inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combati
- interpose
- (adj) having a shrill, irritating quality or character
- clad
- (adj) dressed;covered
- portentous
- (adj) ominous, predictive of future bad events
- bewilder
- (v) to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex
- volition
- (n) the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
- prudery
- (n) excessive propriety or modesty in speech, conduct, etc.
- sardonically
- (adj) characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
- remiss
- (adj) negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.
- somnambulatory
- (adj) related to sleep walking
- capricious
- (adj) subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic
- cliches
- (n) A trite or overused expression or idea
- wan
- (adj.) of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color
- languorous
- (adj) characterized by languor; languid.
- quadroon
- (n) a person having one-fourth black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a white.
- ennui
- (n) a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom
- swad
- (n) a bunch
- incredulity
- (n) the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.
- settee
- (n) a seat for two or more persons; having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered
- debauch
- (v) to indulge in debauchery.
- recitation
- (n) an act of reciting.
- simonize
- (v) to shine or polish to a high sheen, esp. with wax
- pantomime
- (n) the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- anemic
- (adj) lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak
- despondency
- (n) state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
- plaintive
- (adj)expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
- elocution
- (n) a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
- skedaddle
- (v) to run away hurriedly; flee.
- remonstrance
- (n) an act or instance of remonstrating.
- crescendo
- (n) a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force.
- antecedent
- (n) a preceding circumstance, even, object style, phenomenon
- philandering
- (v)To carry on a sexual affair, especially an extramarital affair, with a woman one cannot or does not intend to marry. Used of a man.
- pirogue
- (n) a native boat, esp. an American dugout.
- precariously
- (adj) dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure
- denizen
- (n ) an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place
- perambulation
- (v) to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- lunkheads
- (n) A stupid person; a dolt.
- eccentric
- (adj) deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd
- tumult
- (n) uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling
- peevish
- (adj) cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent
- prolific
- (adj) producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful
- frowzled
- (adj) in disarray; extremely disorderly
- dictation
- (n) the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
- dilatory
- (adj) tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
- beseechingly
- (adv) to implore urgently
- Muslin
- (n) a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, esp. a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes., plain-woven cotton fabric
- loon
- (n) a crazy or simple-minded person.
- neurotic
- (adj) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- derange
- (v) to disturb the condition, action, or function of, to make insane
- lucid
- (adj) easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
- supercilious
- (adj.) having or showing arrogant superiority to an disdain of those one views as unworthy
- ecstasy
- (n) rapturous delight.
- vicarious
- (adj) taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute
- patois
- (n) a regional form of a language, esp. of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- strident
- (adj) having a shrill, irritating quality or character
- vacuous
- (adj) lacking in ideas or intelligence
- assimilation
- (n) the act or process of assimilating; state or condition of being assimilated.
- reprehensible
- (adj) deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.