Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Level G Units 6-10
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- Abject
- degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved; WRETCHED, MISERABLE, SHEER, UTTER
- Agnostic
- one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith; DOUBTER
- Complicity
- involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice; COLLUSION
- Derelict
- someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; neglectful of duty; REMISS, DELINQUENT
- Diatribe
- a bitter and prolonged verbal attack; TIRADE
- Effigy
- a crude image of a demised person
- Equity
- the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; the money value of a property above or beyond any mortgage or claim; JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, IMPARTIALTIY
- Inane
- silly, empty of meaning or value; VAPID, IDIOTIC, MORONIC
- Idictment
- the act of accusing; a formal accusation
- Indubitable
- certain, not to be doubted or denied
- Intermittent
- stopping and beginning again, sporadic
- Moot
- open to discussion and debate, unresolved
- Motif
- a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
- Neophyte
- a new convert, beginner, novice
- Perspicacity
- keenness in observing or understanding; DISCERNMENT
- Plenary
- complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members; UNRESITRICTED, UNLIMITED
- Surveillance
- a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
- Sylvan
- pertainting to or characteristics of a forest; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
- Testy
- easily irritated; characterized by impatience or exasperation
- Travesty
- A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguis, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
- Allay
- to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve
- Bestial
- beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility
- Convivial
- festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
- Coterie
- a circle of aquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest
- Counterpart
- a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement
- Demur
- to object or take exception to; an objection; PROTEST
- Effrontery
- shameless boldness, impudence
- Embellish
- to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details
- Ephemeral
- lasting only a short time; shortlived
- Felicitous
- appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well being or fortune, happy
- Furtive
- done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen
- Garish
- glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
- Illusory
- misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
- Indigent
- needy, impoverished
- Inordinate
- far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
- Jettison
- to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome; CAST OFF, DISCARD, DUMP
- Misanthrope
- a person who hates or despises people; PEOPLE-HATER
- Pertinacious
- very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied; STUBBORN, DETERMINED
- Picayune
- of little value or imprtance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded
- Raiment
- clothing, garments
- Allege
- to assert without proof or confirmation; CLAIM, CONTEND
- Arrant
- thoroughgoing; shameless, blunt
- Badinage
- light and playful conversation; BANTER
- Conciliate
- to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile
- Countermand
- to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary; RECALL, REVOKE
- Echelon
- one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formatoin or arrangement; LEVEL, RANK
- Exacerbate
- to make more violent, sever, bitter or painful
- Fatuous
- Stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way; SILYY, VAPID
- Irrefutable
- impossible to disprove; beyond argument
- Juggernaut
- a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
- Lackadasical
- lacking in spirt or interest; half hearted
- Litany
- a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responces from the congregation; and repetive chant; a long list
- Macabre
- grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
- Paucity
- an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth; LACK
- Portend
- to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning
- Raze
- to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
- Recant
- to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previsouly been committed, renounce, retract
- Saturate
- to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
- Saturnine
- of a gloomy or surly disposition, cold or sluggish in mood
- Slough
- to cast off, discard, to get rid of something unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud
- Acclamation
- a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal note of approval; OVATION, CHEERING
- Bucolic
- characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds, pastoral
- Calumniate
- to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
- Chary
- extremely cautious, hesitant or slow
- Collusion
- secret agreement or cooperation
- Dilettante
- a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in a trifling way; AMATEUR, SUPERFICIAL
- Imperturbable
- not easily excited; emotionally steady
- Increment
- an enlargement, increase, addition
- Mandate
- an authorative command, formal order
- Paltry
- trifling, insignificant,; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy
- Paroxysm
- a sudden outburst; spasm or convulsion
- Pedantry
- a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to details and rules
- Peregrination
- the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or in a foreign country
- Redolent
- fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura
- Refulgent
- shining, radiant
- Shibboleth
- a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commmon place saying or truism; CATCHPHRASE, PASSWORD, SLOGAN
- Tyro
- a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill
- Unremitting
- not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless
- Vacillate
- to swing indecisively from idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or body; SEASAW, OSCILLATE
- Vituperative
- harshly abusive, severely scolding
- Askance
- with suspicion, distrust or disapproval
- Attenuate
- to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
- Benign
- gentle, kind, forgiving; having a favorable effect; not malignant; HARMLESS
- Cavil
- to find fault in a petty way; carp
- Charlatan
- one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
- Decimate
- to kill or destroy a large part of
- Foible
- a weak point, failing, or minor flaw
- Forgo
- to do without, abstain, give up
- Fraught
- full of or loaded with; accompanied by
- Inure
- to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
- Luminous
- emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
- Obsequious
- marked by slavish attentiveness; extremely submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons; SERVILE, SYCOPHANTIC, FAWNING
- Obtuse
- blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understand; measuring between 90 and 180 degress; not causing a sharp impression
- Oscillate
- to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
- Penitent
- regretful for one's sings or mistakes; REMORSEFUL
- Peremptory
- having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
- Rebuff
- to snub, repel, or drive away
- Reconnoiter
- to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
- Shambles
- a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion; mess
- Sporadic
- occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order