10th Grade Cards: Difficult Words(1)
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abash
v. embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
abnegate
v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
affluent
a. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
alleviate
v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
burgeon
v. grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
burlesque
v. give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
coalesce
v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite
consort
v. habitually associate with someone; keep company
contagion
n. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; any disease easily transmitted by contact
copious
a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
decimate
v. destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
deleterious
a. having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
delude
v. deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
demagogue
n. person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
derision
n. the act of treating with contempt; contemptuous laughter
domesticity
n. domestic activities or life; home or family life
edify
v. instruct or correct, especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
elusive
a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind
espouse
v. take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
exonerate
v. acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
faction
n. a party of persons having a common end in view
fetter
v. restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
flamboyant
a. elaborately or excessively ornamented
fortuitous
a. accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
garrulous
a. talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
grisly
a. frightfully; terribly; causing horror or disgust
hiatus
n. gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
hyperbole
n. figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
idyllic
a. excellent and delightful in all respects
impeccable
a. faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
inane
a. silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
incorrigible
a. not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage
indignant
a. affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment
inexhaustible
a. incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
inflammation
n. the act of setting something on fire; arousal to violent emotion
innate
a. possessed at birth; inborn; originating in the mind
insinuate
v. hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
insolent
a. strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
integrate
v. make whole; combine; make into one unit
introversion
n. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
judicious
a. exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
languish
v. lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
legislative
a. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; of or relating to or created by legislation
loquacious
a. talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
magnanimous
a. very generous or forgiving, especially toward someone less powerful than oneself; chivalrous
maxim
n. proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
milieu
n. environment; person’s social setting or environment
mollify
v. make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
morose
a. ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
mundane
a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
nebulous
a. lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy
nocturnal
a. of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
noxious
a. harmful to living things; injurious to health
obstinacy
n. the quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; resolute adherence to own ideas or desires
onerous
a. burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
ostentatious
a. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
paltry
a. insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
paradox
n. something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
patent
a. open for the public to read; obvious; plain
paucity
n. scarcity; smallness of number; the presence of something only in small or insufficient amounts
pedantic
a. marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
penchant
n. strong inclination; definite liking
perennial
n. lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
pernicious
a. very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
platitude
n. dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
polarize
v. split into opposite extremes or camps
postulate
n. essential premise; underlying assumption
preclude
v. make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
pristine
a. uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
prosaic
a. dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
rationale
n. fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
redolent
a. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor
relegate
v. assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
reprisal
n. action taken in return for injury or offense
salient
a. prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
sanctimonious
a. excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
scrupulous
a. exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
sentient
a. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; consciously perceiving
sloth
n. laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
static
a. having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
surfeit
v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
temerity
n. boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
tenuous
a. long and thin; slender; having little substance
urbane
a. showing a high degree of refinement
vernacular
n. everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; natural style; standard native language of a country or locality
vindicate
v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
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