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English 11 Vocabulary List #1

Complete the following for each word: write down the part of speech, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

1. Abdicate: (v) to step down from a position of power or responsibility

2. Abject: (adj) hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out

3. Acquiesce: (v) (ak wee ES) to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

4. Ambiance: (n) atmosphere [of a room or area]; mood; feeling

5. Curtail: (v) to shorten; to cut short

6. Enigma: (n) a mystery; a puzzle or riddle

7. Epitome: (n) a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect

example of something

8. Exonerate: (v) to free completely from blame; to exculpate

9. Expedite: (v) to speed up or ease the progress of [something]

10. Insidious: (adj) treacherous; sneaky

Note the meaning of any prefixes, suffixes, root words, and root origins:

Due: Friday, August 30



1. Abnegate: (v) to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

2. Acrimonious: (adj) full of spite; bitter; nasty

3. Alleviate: (v) to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to

lessen

4. Callow: (adj) immature

5. Coalesce: (v) (koh uh LES) to come together as one; to fuse; to unite

6. Debauchery: (n) wild living; excessive intemperance

7. Decimate: (v) to kill or destroy a large part of

8. Eminent: (adj) well-known and respected; standing out from all others in quality

or accomplishment; outstanding

9. Intrinsic: (adj) part of the essential nature of something; inherent

10. Kinetic: (adj) having to do with motion; lively; active


Due: Friday, September 6

Quiz 1: Encompasses Lists 1 & 2: Wednesday, September 11



1. Insipid: (adj) dull; bland

2. Narcissism: (n) excessive love of one’s body or oneself

3. Panacea: (n) something that cures everything

4. Plebeian: (adj) common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois

5. Plethora: (n) an excess or overabundance [of something]

6. Laud: (v) to praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate

7. Pejorative: (adj) negative; disparaging

8. Tenuous: (adj) flimsy; extremely thin

9. Vapid: (adj) without liveliness; dull; spiritless

10. Vernacular: (n) everyday speech; slang; idiom





1. Blasphemy: (n) irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

2. Clemency: (n) mercy; forgiveness; mildness in reaction to wrongdoing or

provocation

3. Covert: (adj) secret; hidden

4. Effusion: (n) a pouring forth [of something]

5. Emulate: (v) to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation

6. Fecund: (adj) fertile; productive

7. Foible: (n) (FOY bul) a minor character flaw

8. Idyllic: (adj) charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful

9. Languish: (v) to become weak, listless, or depressed

10. Mollify: (v) (MAHL uh fye) to soften; to sooth; to pacify



Quiz 2: Encompasses Lists 3 & 4: Wednesday, October 2



1. Ardent: (adj) passionate

2. Criterion: (n) standard; basis for judgement

3. Finesse: (n) skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness

4. Hiatus: (n) (hye AY tus) a break or interruption, often from work

5. Legacy: (n) something handed down from the past; a bequest

6. Nostalgia: (n) sentimental longing for the past; homesickness

7. Relinquish: (v) to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing

8. Revere: (v) to respect highly; to honor

9. Staunch: (adj) firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast

10. Tirade: (n) prolonged, bitter speech


Due: Friday, October 11



1. Morose: (adj) gloomy; sullen

2. Novel: (adj) new; original

3. Onerous: (adj) (OH nur us) burdensome; oppressive

4. Opulent: (adj) luxurious

5. Polarize: (v) to break up into opposing factions or groupings

6. Pristine: (adj) original; unspoiled; pure

7. Prudent: (adj) careful; having foresight

8. Serendipity: (n) accidental good fortune; discovering good things without

looking for them

9. Urbane: (adj) poised; sophisticated; refined

10. Vex: (v) to annoy; to pester; to confuse


Due: Friday, October 18

Quiz 3: Encompasses Lists 5 & 6: Wednesday, October 23



1. Abridge: (v) to shorten; to condense

2. Affluent: (adj) rich; prosperous

3. Broach: (v) to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject

4. Charisma: (n) (kuh RIZ muh) a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or

inspire loyalty

5. Faction: (n) a group—usually a small part of a larger group—united around

some cause; disagreement within an organization

6. Hackneyed: (adj) (HAK need) overused; trite; stale [usually applied to a saying

or idea]

7. Hapless: (adj) unlucky

8. Heyday: (n) golden age; prime; glory days

9. Nuance: (n) a subtle difference or distinction

10. Pivotal: (adj) crucial, fundamental or central [to something]


Due: Friday, November 1



1. Preclude: (v) to prevent something from ever happening

2. Querulous: (adj) complaining; grumbling; whining

3. Ramification: (n) a consequence; a branching out or effect [of something]

4. Reiterate: (v) to say again; to repeat

5. Wistful: (adj) yearning; sadly longing

6. Accost: (v) to approach and speak to someone

7. Brevity: (n) briefness

8. Cajole: (v) (kuh JOHL) to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t

want to do

9. Copious: (adj) abundant; plentiful

10.Denizen: (n) inhabitant; native [of a place]



Quiz 4: Encompasses Lists 7 & 8: Wednesday, November 13



1. Depravity: (n) extreme wickedness or corruption

2. Elusive: (adj) hard to pin down; evasive

3. Flout: (v) to disregard something out of disrespect

4. Garrulous: (adj) (GAR uh lus) talkative; chatty

5. Inane: (adj) silly; senseless

6. Laconic: (adj) using few words, especially to the point of seeming rude

7. Pernicious: (adj) deadly; extremely evil

8. Reticent: (adj) (RET uh sunt) quiet; restrained; reluctant to speak, especially

about oneself

9. Temerity: (n) boldness; recklessness; audacity

10. Zealous: (adj) enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent





1. Espouse: (v) to support; to advocate

2. Fabrication: (n) a lie; something made up

3. Hyperbole: (n) an exaggeration used as a figure of speech; exaggeration

4. Implement: (v) – to carry out

5. Incense: (v) to make very angry

6. Integral: (adj) essential

7. Maxim: (n) a fundamental principle; an old saying

8. Noxious: (adj) harmful; offensive

9. Pacify: (v) to calm someone down; to placate

10. Premise: (n) an assumption; the basis for a conclusion


Due: Friday, December 6

Quiz 5: Encompasses Lists 9 & 10: Wednesday, December 11



1. Renaissance: (n) a rebirth or revival

2. Rogue: (n) a criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel

3. Secular: (adj) having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns

4. Squander: (v) to waste

5. Viable: (adj) capable of living; workable

6. Avow: (v) to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

7. Awry: (adj) off course; twisted to one side

8. Belabor: (v) to go over repeatedly, usually to an absurd extent

9. Burgeon: (v) (BUR jun) to expand; to flourish

10.catholic: (adj) universal; embracing everything [Please note this word is not capitalized. “Catholic” with a capital “C” refers to Catholicism the religion, “catholic” with a lowercase “c” means “universal” and is not necessarily religious]


Due: Thursday, December 19



1. Concise: (adj) brief and to the point; succinct

2. Daunt: (v) to make fearful; to intimidate

3. Edify: (v) to enlighten; to instruct [especially in moral or religious matters]

4. Nepotism: (n) (NEP uh tiz um) showing favoritism to friends or family in

business or politics

5. Nihilism: (n) (NYE uh liz um) the belief that there are no values or morals in the

universe

6. Penitent: (adj) sorry; repentant; contrite

7. Static: (adj) stationary; not changing or moving

8. Temperate: (adj) mild; moderate; restrained

9. Tout: (v) to praise highly; to brag publicly about

10. Verisimilitude: (n) (ver uh si MIL uh tood) similarity to reality; the appearance of

truth; looking like the real thing


Due: Friday, January 10

Quiz 6: Encompasses Lists 11 & 12: Wednesday, January 15



1. Ameliorate: (v) to make better or more tolerable

2. Aphorism: (n) a brief, often witty saying; a proverb

3. Decorous: (adj) proper; in good taste; orderly

4. Ephemeral: (adj) lasting a very short time

5. Facetious: (adj) humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous

6. Fortuitous: (adj) accidental; occurring by chance

7. Furtive: (adj) secretive; sly

8. Impetuous: (adj) impulsive; extremely impatient

9. Mundane: (adj) ordinary; pretty boring; not heavenly or eternal

10. Nebulous: (adj) vague; hazy; indistinct





1. Paltry: (adj) insignificant; worthless

2. Perturb: (v) to disturb greatly

3. Rebuke: (v) to criticize sharply

4. Relegate: (v) to banish; to send away

5. Sloth: (n) laziness; sluggishness

6. Benevolent: (adj) generous; kind; doing good deeds

7. Candor: (n) truthfulness; sincere honesty

8. Charlatan: (n) fraud; quack; con man

9. Conjure: (v) to summon or bring into being as if by magic

10.Definitive: (adj) conclusive; providing the last word



Quiz 7: Encompasses Lists 13 & 14: Wednesday, February 5



1. Deleterious: (adj) harmful

2. Eccentric: (adj) not conventional; a little kooky; irregular

3. Foment: (v) to stir up; to instigate

4. Incisive: (adj) cutting right to the heart of the matter

5. Insinuate: (v) to hint; to creep in

6. Mortify: (v) to humiliate

7. Paternal: (adj) fatherly; father-like

8. Paucity: (n) scarcity

9. Profuse: (adj) flowing; extravagant

10. Tenacious: (adj) persistent; stubborn; not letting go


Due: Thursday, February 13



1. Abash: (v) to make ashamed; to embarrass

2. Abate: (v) to subside; to reduce

3. Banal: (adj) (buh NAL or BANE ul) unoriginal; ordinary

4. Cognizant: (adj) (KAHG nu zunt) aware; conscious

5. Connoisseur: (n) (kahn uh SUR) an expert, particularly in matter of art or taste

6. Delude: (v) (dih LOOD) to deceive

7. Dictum: (n) an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb

8. Elicit: (v) to bring out; to call forth

9. Farcical: (adj) absurd; ludicrous

10. Frugal: (adj) economical; penny-pinching


Due: Friday, February 21

Quiz 8: Encompasses Lists 15 & 16: Wednesday, February 26



1. Grandiose: (adj) absurdly exaggerated

2. Illicit: (adj) illegal; not permitted

3. Innate: (adj) existing since birth

4. Milieu: (n) (mil YOO) environment; surroundings

5. Sardonic: (adj) mocking; scornful

6. Aberration: (n) something not typical; a deviation from the standard

7. Abstinent: (adj) abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially

something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation

8. Aesthetic: (adj) sensitive to art and beauty; artistic; having to do with artistic

beauty

9. Benefactor: (n) one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or

donation

10.Cadence: (n) rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds


Due: Friday, March 7



1. Circumspect: (adj) cautious

2. Eclectic: (adj) choosing the best from many sources; drawing from many

sources

3. Gregarious: (adj) sociable; enjoying the company of others

4. Homogenous: (adj) uniform in nature; made entirely of one thing

5. Indigenous: (adj) native; originating in that area

6. Inordinate: (adj) excessive; unreasonable

7. Matriculate: (v) to enroll, especially at a college

8. Parody: (n) a satirical imitation

9. Perennial: (adj) continual; happening again and again or year after year

10. Venerate: (v) to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great

age



Quiz 9: Encompasses Lists 17 & 18: Wednesday, March 19



1. Abortive: (adj) unsuccessful

2. Altruism: (n) selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others.

3. Bane: (n) poison; torment; cause of harm

4. Catharsis: (n) purification that brings emotional relief or renewal

5. Cynic: (n) one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans

are motivated only by selfishness

6. Dearth: (n) lack; scarcity

7. Erudite: (adj) scholarly; deeply learned.

8. Flagrant: (adj) glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous

9. Gesticulate: (v) to make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of

speaking

10. Incorrigible: (adj) incapable of being reformed





1. Loquacious: (adj) (loh KWAY shus) talking a lot or too much

2. Myriad: (n) a huge number

3. Obdurate: (adj) stubborn and insensitive

4. Palpable: (adj) capable of being touched; obvious; tangible

5. Respite: (n) (RES pit) a period of rest or relief

6. Absolve: (v) to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from

obligation

7. Amenity: (n) pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

8. Bastion: (n) stronghold; fortress; fortified place

9. Caustic: (adj) like acid; corrosive

10.Cryptic: (adj) mysterious; mystifying

Note the meaning of any prefixes, suffixes, root words, and root origins

Due: Friday, April 4

Quiz 10: Encompasses Lists 19 & 20: Wednesday, April 9



1. Dogmatic: (adj) arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that

something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute

2. Equivocal: (adj) ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted

in more than one way

3. Guile: (n) cunning; duplicity; artfulness

4. Insurgent: (n) rebel; someone who revolts against a government

5. Maudlin: (adj) silly and overly sentimental

6. Misanthropic: (adj) hating mankind

7. Nefarious: (adj) evil; flagrantly wicked

8. Opaque: (adj) impossible to see through; impossible to understand

9. Resolute: (adj) determined; firm; unwavering

10. Pensive: (adj) thoughtful or sad


Due: Wednesday, April 16



1. Abstruse: (adj) hard to understand

2. Auspicious: (adj) favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

3. Castigate: (v) to criticize severely; to chastise

4. Consecrate: (v) to make or declare sacred

5. Deference: (n) submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy [To show

deference is to place that person’s wishes ahead of your own.]

6. Egocentric: (adj) selfish; believing that one is the center of everything

7. Fidelity: (n) faithfulness; loyalty

8. Hierarchy: (n) an organization based on rank or degree; pecking order

9. Indignant: (adj) angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy;

insulted

10. Orthodox: (adj) conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines,

especially in religion; by the book


Due: Friday, April 25

Quiz 11: Encompasses Lists 21 & 22: Wednesday, April 30



1. Abysmal: (adj) extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

2. Antithesis: (n) the direct opposite

3. Blithe: (adj) carefree; cheerful

4. Choleric: (adj) hot-tempered; quick to anger

5. Convivial: (adj) fond of partying; festive

6. Engender: (v) to bring into existence; to create; to cause

7. Fetter: (v) to restrain; to hamper

8. Idiosyncrasy: (n) a peculiarity; an eccentricity

9. Mendicant: (n) a beggar

10. Officious: (adj) annoyingly eager to help or advise


Due: Friday, May 2



1. Paradox: (n) a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to

contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems

logical

2. Patronize: (v) to treat as an inferior; to condescend to

3. Salutary: (adj) healthful; remedial; curative

4. Touchstone: (n) a standard; a test of authenticity or quality

5. Vilify: (v) to say vile things about; to defame

6. Paradigm: (n) model or example

7. Patent: (adj) obvious

8. Salient: (adj) (SAYL yunt) sticking out; conspicuous; leaping

9. Tenable: (adj) defensible, as in one’s position in an argument; capable of being

argued successfully; valid

10. Usurp: (v) to seize wrongfully [usually a position or title of authority]


Due: Friday, May 9

Quiz 12: Encompasses Lists 23 & 24 : Wednesday, May 14

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