English 9 Spring Vocab-TERRELL
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- sensuous
- relating to the senses
- empathy
- the ability to imagine oneself in another's position
- conclave
- a secret or confidential meeting
- enamor
- to inspire with love; to captivate
- indiscretion
- lack judgment; a petty misdeed
- gesticulate
- to make gestures while speaking, to add emphasis
- corpulent
- excessively fat
- vie
- to compete for something; to engage in a contest
- blasphemy
- an act or comment that shows contempt or irreverence for something considered sacred
- officious
- marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice
- fervor
- great warmth and intensity of emotion
- course
- a class or series of classes
- tumult
- a disorderly commotion or disturbance
- languor
- lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness; oppressive quiet or stillness
- menace
- n.) a possible danger or threat; (v.) to endanger or utter threats against
- spurious
- authenticity; not genuine
- strident
- offensively loud and harsh
- contrive
- to plan with evil intent; to invent or fabricate
- compulsion
- an irresistible impulse to act
- antagonism
- an actively expressed feeling of dislike or hostility toward someone
- disperate
- dissimilar; unrelated
- defile
- to make dirty or filthy; to pollute
- affliction
- pain, suffering, distress or the cause thereof
- imminent
- ready or threatening to happen
- furtive
- stealth-like; shifty; secretive
- coarse
- inferior, rough, crude
- austerity
- strict or severe discipline; the trait of self-denial
- errant
- straying from the right course or acceptable standards
- scion
- a descendant or heir
- infer
- to draw conclusions from facts
- principle
- an idea or doctrine
- lamentation
- the passionate expression of grief
- supplicant
- someone who prays or entreats for something, like forgiveness (this word doesn't have only a religious connotation)
- stationery
- materials for writing
- belligerent
- inclined to fight or be aggressive or hostile
- persecute
- to oppress or treat unfairly—often out of religious hatred
- chasm
- a deep opening in the earth's surface; a pronounced difference of opinion or loyalty
- incantation
- ritual recitation of charms or spells to produce a magic effect
- bane
- something that causes misery or pain; the bane of my existence
- illicit
- unlawful
- prosecute
- begin a legal case for punishment
- improvident
- rash; incautious; lacking foresight
- recrimination
- a counter accusation
- sensual
- gratification of the senses, usually sexual
- daunting
- intimidating; discouraging through fear
- benevolent
- characterized by doing good; charitable
- harbinger
- (n.) an indication of the approach of something or someone; (v.) to foreshadow or presage
- chord
- music: a combination of notes
- sodden
- thoroughly soaked; saturated
- sympathy
- compassion for another
- malevolent
- malicious; having or exhibiting ill will
- enthrall
- to hold spellbound; to captivate
- heathen
- an individual or group considered irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened
- upbraid
- to reproach or condemn
- vain
- 1. valueless; fruitless 2. having a high regard for oneself
- grimace
- a facial expression that expresses pain, contempt, or disgust
- stunted
- inferior in size or quality
- mutinous
- unruly; turbulent and uncontrollable
- stationary
- not movable
- gaudy
- showy in a tasteless or vulgar way
- flail
- to wave or swing vigorously; to thrash
- sloth
- aversion to work; laziness; indolence
- eminent
- prominent; conspicuous
- eccentric
- departing from conventional norms or patterns; strange; odd
- sojourn
- v.) to reside temporarily. (n.) a temporary stay; a brief period of residence
- obsequious
- fawning; conspicuously obedient or submissive
- imply
- to suggest indirectly
- vein
- a blood vessel; a mineral deposit
- effulgence
- a brilliant radiance
- taboo
- something forbidden or prohibited by social custom
- travail
- work that involves pain or agony; tribulation or anguish
- elicit
- to bring out
- mortification
- a feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride
- derision
- contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule
- disparage
- to speak in a disrespectful or insulting way
- swarthy
- having a dark complexion or color
- vex
- to annoy or bother
- cord
- string; rope
- recoil
- to shrink back from fear or repugnance; to spring back, as upon firing
- displace
- to change the place of; to place in another situation
- garrulous
- tiresomely talkative; loquacious
- effigy
- a crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group
- principal
- 1. primary; chief 2. head of a school
- myriad
- constituting a large, indefinite number; innumerable
- conscience
- sense of right and wrong
- faction
- a group of people—usually a contentious minority within a larger group
- bastion
- a well-fortified position; a group or someone who defends a principle
- conscious
- alert; awake
- dubious
- of questionable character; doubtful, uncertain, undecided
- cynicism
- an attitude of jaded negativity; a distrust of others' motives
- desperate
- anxious; frantic