English II Vocabulary,
First Semester Exam 2007-2008 (Mrs. Johnson's Sections)
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| ____affluent (n); affluent (adj); affluence (n); affluently (adv) | 1/ plentiful, bountiful; 2/ generously supplied with money; 3/ flowing freely; 4/ a tributary that flows into a larger one; 5/ wealthy |
| ____ ambiguity (n); ambiguities (n); ambiguous (adj) | 1/doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention |
| _____ anachronistic (adj); anachronistically (adv); anachronous (adj); anachronously (adv); anachronism (n) | 1/ of an error in time or time sequence, especially a time misplacing of persons, events, objects; or customs in regard to each other; 2/ of a person or thing that is out of place in terms of time, especially of one from an earlier age that is incongruous with the present |
| ____ austere (adj); austerely (adv); austereness (n) | 1/grave; sober; solemn; severe 2/ lack of adornment;3/ purposeful avoidance of luxury or ease |
| _____catharsis (n); catharses (n) | 1/ A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear; 2/ A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit |
| ____ contemptuous (adj); contemptuously (adv); contemptuousness (n) | 1/showing or expressing disdain; 2/ scornful; 3/arrogance; 4/ haughty |
| _____ copiously (adv); copious (adj); copiousness (n) | 1/ yielding abundantly; 2/ present in large quantity; 3/ plentiful |
| _____ corroboration (n); corroborate (v); corraborator (n); corroboratory (adj); corroborative (adj); corrobaratively (adv) | 1/ confirmation; 2/ support with evidence or authority |
| _____ countenance (v); countenance (n) | 1/ to extend approval or toleration to; to sanction or to condone |
| _____cryptic (adj); cryptically (adv); crypticness (n) | 1/ of an obscure nature; 2/ having a hidden meaning; 3/mystifying, secret, or occult |
| _____eccentricity (n); eccentric (adj) | 1/ an oddity or peculiarity; 2/ deviation from the normal |
| ____ elusive (adj); elusiveness (n); elusively (adv); elusory (adj) | 1/ cleverly or skillfully evasive; 2/puzzling; 3/ hard to express or define |
| _____ epigraph (n) | 1/ an inscription on a building or stone; 2/ a quotation at the beginning of a work of literature, setting forth a theme |
| _____ epiphany (n); epiphanic (adj) | 1/ (capitalized) the Christian celebration on January 6, when the Magi arrived at Jesus’ birthplace; 2/ a manifestation of a divine being; 3/ a sudden realization of the essence or meaning of something; a comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization |
| _____ epitome (n); epitomize (v) | 1/ a typical or ideal example; 2/ a summary of a written work; 3/ short; ideal |
| _______exuberance (n); exuberant (adj) | 1/ joyful enthusiasm; 2/ extremely good |
| _____ imminent (adj); imminently (adv); imminence (n) | 1/ready to take place, especially hanging over one’s head in a threatening way; about to occur; impending |
| _______impassive (adj); impassiveness (n); impassively (adv) | 1/ without emotion; 2/ not subject to suffering; 3/ serene, calm; 4/ expressionless |
| _____ imperturbability (n); imperturbable (adj); imperturbably (adv) | 1/ coolness of manner; 2/ marked by extreme calmness, impassivity, and steadiness |
| ____ intangible (adj, n); intangibleness (n); intangibility (n); intangibly (adv) | 1/ incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; 2/ not definite or clear in the mind; 3/ not having physical substance |
| ____ meticulous (adj); meticulousness (n); | 1/ showing extreme care for minute details; 2/exact; 3/ precise; 4/ thorough |
| _______monotony (n); monotonies (n); monotonous (adj) | 1/wearisome uniformity or lack of variety; 2/ sameness in tone or pitch; 3/ tedious sameness or repetition |
| _______negligence (n); negligent (adj) | 1/ failure to give adequate care; 2/ neglecting responsibilities |
| _____ odious (adj); odiously (adv); odiousness (n); odium (n) | 1/ arousing or deserving hatred; 2/ hatefulness 3/ repugnance |
| _____ ominous (adj); ominously (adv); ominousness (n) | 1/ menacing; threatening; 2/ being or exhibiting an omen, especially foreboding or foreshadowing evil |
| _____ ostentation (n); ostentatious (adj) | 1/ excessive display; pretentiousness; 2/ a showy display |
| _____ perpetual (adj); perpetually (adv); perpetuity (n); perpetuate (v) | 1/ continuing forever; 2/ occurring for an indefinitely long period of time |
| _____ petulant (adj); petulantly (adv); petulance (n) | 1/ rude in speech or behavior; 2/ ill-humored |
| _______pious (adj); piousness (n); piously (adv) | 1/ having or showing religious reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations; 2/ characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion |
| ____ platitude (n); platitudes (n); platitudinous (adj); platitudinal (adj) | 1/ a trite or banal remark or statement made as if it were original or significant; 2/ lack of originality; triteness |
| _____ precipitously (adv); precipitous (adj); precipitousness (n); precipitate (v); precipitate (adj); precipitately (adv); precipice (n) | 1/ falling, flowing, or rushing with steep descent; 2/ exhibiting violent or unwise speed; extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt |
| ____ propinquity (n) | 1/ nearness in place; 2/ similarity in nature; 3/ closeness; 4/ kinship |
| _____ prowess (n) | 1/ superior or extraordinary skill or ability; 2/ superior strength, courage, or daring |
| _____ reminiscent (adj); reminiscently (adv); reminiscence (n); reminisce (v) | 1/ tending to remind, suggestive; 2/ marked by or given to recalling a past experience or memory |
| _____ resonance (n); resonate (v); resonant (adj); resonantly (adv); resonator (n) | 1/ richness or significance, especially in evoking a strong emotion or association; 2/ continuation of sound; 3/ intensity or richness of sound |
| _______sentiment (n); sentimentality (n); sentimental (adj) | 1/ an attitude toward something; 2/ a sincere and refined sensibility, a tendency to be influenced by emotion rather than reason or fact |
| _____ stipulated (v); stipulate (v); stipulator (n) | 1/ made an agreement to do or forbear something; to demand an express term in an agreement; 2/ demanding a specific term in a contract |
| _____unencumbered (adj); encumbered (adj) encumber (v) | 1/ not burdened with cares or responsibilities 2/ free of obligations |
| _____ vestibule (n) | 1/ a passage hall between the outer door and the interior of a building; 2/ access to something new |
| ____ visceral (adj); viscera (n); viscerally (adv) | 1/characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect; 2/ earthy; 3/ crude |