English 11H Vocab
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- cogitate
- to think hard; ponder; meditate
- stratagem
- a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
- tangible
- capable of being touched;
- vestige
- a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice
- inherent
- existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute:
- plausible
- having an appearance of truth or reason
- assiduous
- constant; unremitting
- obscure
- ot clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain
- proximity
- nearness in place
- cartographer
- The art or technique of making maps or charts.
- provincial
- belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local:
- gloat
- to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction:
- progenitor
- a biologically related ancestor:
- substantive
- having independent existence; independent.
- subterfuge
- deception, scheme, trick
- aberration
- he act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
- expurgate
- to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
- exotic
- of foreign origin or character; not native;
- usury
- the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
- slander
- defamation; calumny
- fractious
- readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome
- oblivion
- the state of being completely forgotten or unknown
- auxiliary
- additional; supplementary; reserve
- recant
- to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract.
- conundrum
- anything that puzzles.
- tumult
- violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar
- furtive
- taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth;
- debonair
- courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm
- propitiate
- to make favorably inclined appease; conciliate.
- imply
- to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated
- motley
- exhibiting great diversity of elements
- augment
- to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent;
- fiasco
- a complete and ignominious failure.
- infer
- to derive by reasoning;
- wrath
- strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation
- fathom
- comprehend; understand
- manacle
- a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- reticent
- disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- palliative
- Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure
- odium
- intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- array
- to place in proper or desired order;
- bourgeoisie
- The middle class.
- culinary
- of, pertaining to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
- apostate
- a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party
- exacerbate
- to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of
- prolix
- extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- vitiate
- to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- dilettante
- a lover of an art or science, esp. of a fine art.
- banal
- devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- derogatory
- tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory:
- veritable
- being truly or very much so
- intrinsic
- belonging to a thing by its very nature
- camaraderie
- comradeship; good-fellowship.
- vacillate
- to oscillate or fluctuate
- debit
- the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- fickle
- likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability;
- factious
- given to faction; dissentious
- sinuous
- having many curves, bends, or turns; winding:
- obdurate
- unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- equivocal
- ambiguous
- tripartite
- divided into or consisting of three parts
- dilation
- The condition of being expanded or stretched.
- timorous
- ull of fear; fearful
- decorous
- characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- abstruse
- hard to understand; recondite
- vagary
- a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action
- moot
- open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful:
- unscrupulous
- oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable.
- equitable
- characterized by equity or fairness; just and right
- throes
- a sharp attack of emotion
- prerogative
- an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office,
- recumbent
- inactive; idle.
- ephemeral
- asting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
- extenuate
- to serve to make (a fault, offense, etc.) seem less serious, to make light of
- pervasive
- to become spread throughout all parts of:
- solstice
- a furthest or culminating point; a turning point.
- rancor
- bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- coup
- a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- stigma
- a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- deleterious
- injurious to health
- zenith
- a highest point or state; culmination.
- indigent
- poor; impoverished
- truncate
- to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short
- tantamount
- equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification:
- illicit
- not legally permitted or authorized
- tortuous
- full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked:
- ponderous
- dull and labored
- chimerical
- unreal; imaginary; visionary:
- ignominy
- disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
- requite
- to give or do in return.
- astute
- clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd:
- itinerant
- traveling from place to place,
- nominal
- being such in name only; so-called; putative
- ergonomical
- The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort.
- wax
- to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon.
- crone
- a withered, witchlike old woman.
- emigrate
- to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- verisimilitude
- the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability
- sanctity
- holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- fortuitous
- happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- judicious
- using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency;
- prodigious
- wonderful or marvelous
- wane
- to decrease in strength, intensity,
- peremptory
- leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative:
- propensity
- a natural inclination or tendency:
- medley
- a mixture
- denizen
- an inhabitant; resident.
- progeny
- a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal
- voluble
- talkative:
- patently
- openly, plainly, or clearly:
- taciturn
- inclined to silence;
- volition
- the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
- perfunctory
- performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial:
- genocide
- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- sophistry
- Plausible but fallacious argumentation.
- irrefutable
- that cannot be refuted or disproved:
- melee
- confusion; turmoil; jumble
- levity
- lightness of mind, character, or behavior;
- circumspect
- watchful and discreet; cautious
- saturnine
- sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- gratuitous
- given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- aggregate
- a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount
- plumb
- exactly, precisely, or directly.