11th Grade Cards: Difficult Words(1)

a. unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless

n. a branch of statics that deals with the equilibrium of gaseous fluids and of solid bodies immersed in them

v. express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark

n. a characteristic language of a particular group, as among thieves

a. complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape

n. a period of two years

n. a thick and heavy shoe; a strong outdoor shoe with ornamental patterns

a. discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding

n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

n. a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device

n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

n. power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility

n. a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect

a. in conjunction with; accompanying; associated with

a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

v. look down on with disdain; treat or regard with contempt

v. injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

a. bodily; of a material nature; tangible

n. the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

n. the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified; process of changing to an inferior state

v. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase

n. a person who testifies or gives a deposition

n. a substance that promotes drying, e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture

a. capable of distinguishing; showing up a distinction

n. the act of decreasing or reducing something; change toward something smaller or lower

v. look with disfavor on; show disapproval by discouraging

a. disagreeing, especially with a majority

n. the sphere of work by women; a stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound for spinning

a. lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned

a. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect

a. marked by high spirits or excitement

v. give out or emit; flow or spill forth; pour out

n. an insertion into a calendar; obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble

a. derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

v. confer dignity or honor upon; give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

n. a title of respect for someone, whose rank just below a knight; an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

n. an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire

a. requiring precise accuracy; demanding attention

n. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest; an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof

n. a person who shoes horses; a blacksmith

n. the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

n. living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed

a. capable of being melted and fused

n. small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet

a. consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different

n. any book printed before 1501; the infancy or earliest stages of something

n. a severe interrogation, often violating the rights or privacy of individuals

n. the act or fact of interjecting or interposing one thing between or among others

v. apply in use; use or accustom till no pain or inconvenience; harden; habituate

n. the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

n. an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time, for meteorology

a. lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness

a. having a tendency to loosen or relax.

n. free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint

a. relating to, near, or on the side toward the tongue; relating to speech or language

a. of or relating to a coastal or shore region

v. pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar

n. stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter

n. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself

n. assistance in time of difficulty

a. in the current fashion or style

a. capable of wounding; biting or given to biting

n. a worker who drives mules

n. one who practices magic or sorcery; one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead

n. the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders

n. the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date

v. block passage through; close, shut, or stop up a passage

a. statistically unrelated; having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles

n. a writer of pamphlets, usually taking a partisan stand on public issues

a. of or derived from a personal or family name

a. easily irritated or annoyed

n. extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency

a. transparently clear of language; easily understandable

n. machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

n. organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews

a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation

v. make peace with; appease and render favorable

v. divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts

n. sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs

n. returning to a former state; turning in the opposite direction; a failure to maintain a higher state

a. lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

v. withdraw from an organization or communion

v. repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead

n. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

a. of or relating to the external sex organs

ad. with full knowledge and deliberation