mr.keenan vocab final
set 11-22
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- fester
- form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
- banter
- playful teasing, joking
- nepotism
- favoritism to relatives by those in power
- elated
- ecstatically happy
- levity
- lack of proper seriousness, frivolity
- corpus
- body of writings
- simpatico
- possessing attractive qualities; appealing, likable, congenial
- flippant
- treating serious matters lightly
- milieu
- environment
- innovate
- create; introduce something new
- acclaim
- welcome with approval; applaud loudly
- progeny
- offspring, children, descendents
- habeas corpus
- an order requiring a detained person to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of a person's detention
- droll
- odd and laughter provoking
- preeminent
- standing out above others; superior
- maudlin
- self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
- apogee
- farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body
- coy
- pretending to be shy
- convalesce
- recover health after illness; recuperative
- poignant
- evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
- eulogize
- praise, extol; glorify
- declivity
- downward slope
- libel
- false and defamatory written statement
- fortuitous
- happening by chance
- puerile
- childish
- callow
- young and inexperienced
- frolic
- play and move about cheerfully, excitedly or energetically
- malignant
- threatening to cause to death
- profound
- very deep, deeply felt, intellectually deep
- stigmatize
- brand with a mark of disgrace
- pejorative
- derogatory
- salubrious
- healthful
- encomium
- speech or writing of high praise; tribute eulogy
- benign
- not dangerous, gentle, kindly
- ascetic
- without luxuries; severely simple
- corps
- organized body of persons, branch of the military such as marines
- maestro
- eminent conductor, composer, or teacher of music
- stoutness
- somewhat fat or of heavy build, strong and thick brave and determined
- stigma
- mark of disgrace
- corpulent
- bulky, obese, very fat
- nadir
- lowest point
- harlequin
- buffoon, clown
- hypochondriac
- one who is morbidly anxious about personal health
- impresario
- organizer or director of an opera or ballet company or a concert series, manager, promoter
- malign
- speak evil of
- sublimate
- redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels
- coercion
- force
- adulation
- obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise
- hoary
- white or gray with age
- blithe
- showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper
- travesty
- imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous
- lesion
- injury, hurt
- astringent
- substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
- pensive
- engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought
- prima donna
- principal female singer in an opera; high strung, vain, or extremely sensitive person
- imputation
- an unjust or false charge
- matriarch
- mother or ruler of a family
- abysmal
- deep, profound, immeasurably great
- convivial
- friendly, lively, and enjoyable
- incorporate
- combine so as to form one body
- virtuoso
- one who exhibits great technical skill in an art, especially in playing a musical instrument
- dilettante
- person who follows some art or science as an amusement or in a trifling way
- doleful
- expressing sorrow; mournful
- maternal
- of or like a mother
- lackey
- a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person or group of people
- eminence
- high rank
- verbose
- talkative; long-winded; rambling
- mountebank
- boastful pretender, charlatan, quack
- dregs
- most worthless part, sediment at the bottom of a liquid
- brazen
- shameless, impudent
- blandishment
- a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone, gently to do something
- staid
- of settled, quiet disposition, sedate
- laudable
- praiseworthy; commendable
- corporal
- bodily punishment
- vainglorious
- excessively proud or boastful
- svelte
- slender and elegant
- filial
- of or like a son or daughter
- obsequious
- obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
- exalt
- lift up with joy or pride
- kin
- friends and relatives
- consummate
- perfect, superb, carried to the highest degree
- regimen
- set of rules, esp. to improve health
- corpuscle
- blood cell (literally, a little body), minute particle
- facetious
- in the habit of joking
- fraternal
- of or like a brother
- cajole
- persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
- precipice
- very steep, overhanging place, cliff
- menial
- low, mean, subservient, servile
- gentility
- good manners, gentry, upper class
- fulsome
- complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree
- cognoscente
- person who has a superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, expert, connoisseur
- chasm
- deep breach, wide gap, rift
- crone
- withered old woman
- anti-climax
- abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous
- diurnal
- active in daytime
- ethereal
- of the heavens, celestial, airy, delicate, intangible
- pert
- too free in speech or action, bold, saucy
- caricature
- drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects
- jocose
- given to jesting, playfully humorous, jocular
- corpse
- dead body
- inamorta
- woman who loves or is loved
- calumnious
- falsely and maliciously accusing
- virulent
- extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous
- abject
- deserving contempt, sunk to a low condition
- abyss
- bottomless, immeasurably deep space
- ostentatious
- done to impress others, showy, pretentious
- purloin
- steal
- progenitor
- forefather
- ingratiate
- bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them
- chagrin
- distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated
- plight
- a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
- imamorato
- man who loves or is loved
- corporation
- body authorized by law to carry on an activity with the rights and duties of a single person
- paternal
- of or like a father
- esprit de corps
- spirit of a body of persons, group spirit
- genealogy
- a person's or a family's descent, lineage, pedigree
- hilarity
- noisy gaiety, mirth, glee
- acme
- highest point, pinnacle, summit
- emaciated
- skeletal, bony, gaunt, wasted
- acclivity
- upward slope