THIRD PERIOD MIDTERM! SECOND PERIOD TEST!

Friday, third period students will complete a midterm vocabulary examination. Second period will complete the same as a major test grade. Most of the words will be from Vocab List 8:

1. 1    anguish: extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
2. 2.       ethereal: heavenly, fine, delicately beautiful
3. 3.       eulogize: to praise highly, to extol
4. 4.       euphemism: a word or phrase that’s used to make an unpleasant idea sound better
5. 5.       evasive: tending to avoid giving direct answers
6. 6.       industrious: constantly active or occupied
7. 7.       Myriad: a large number, many
8. 8.       quiver: to shake with a trembling motion
9. 9.       Rotund: round
10. 10.  sauntered: to walk around leisurely; to stroll
11. 11.  Subtle: hard to see or understand; elusive
12. 12.  tangent: a line that touches a curve at just one point; or a comment that is off the main topic
13. 13.  tantamount: equal, comparable
14. 14.  temper: bring into balance; moderate
15. 15.  Tyranny: government based on absolute power or cruelty

The rest of the words will come from the following previous Vocab Lists 1-7. Students have received the quizzes back to study for the test on Friday.

Those words come from the following list:

1.beseeching, (v) to beg or request earnestly

2.blaspheme, (v) to speak with irreverence

3.brazen, (adj) overly bold

4.Hypocrite (N) an insincere person; one who pretends to have feelings he doesn’t really possess

5. Insolent (Adj) rude; haughty

6. Lugubrious (Adj) mournful

7. Mundane (Adj) ordinary, practical, or boring

8.Opulence (N) luxury; wealth; riches

9.  recoil, (v) to shrink back physically or emotionally

10. unperturbed, (adj) not bothered or worried about

11. cajole (v), to fool with flattery or false promises; coax; deceive

12. candor (n), honesty; frankness

13. capacious (adj), large, roomy, spacious

14. capitulate (v), surrender or yield

15. capricious (adj) unpredictable

1.     Assail (V) to attack with words or force

2.      benediction (n) good wishes; a blessing

3.     benevolent (adj) kindhearted; good-natured; generous

4.      bequeath (v) to leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit

5.      blight (n) decay, disease, widespread death

6.      bolster (v) to support; to reinforce

7.     bristled (v) to take on a defensive or aggressive attitude

8.     Copious (Adj) in large quantity; abundant

9.     Distended (Adj) swollen or injured

10.                        eclectic (adj) composed of elements from various styles

11.                         Extemporaneous (Adj) done without planning; improvised

12.                         incessantly, (adv) continuing without interruption

13.                         indignation (n) anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy

14.                         Insolvent (Adj) unable to pay bills, broke

15.                         solace (n) to give comfort in grief or misfortune

impregnable: not able to be conquered

xenophobia: an intense sidlike or fear of strangers

inherent: essential

irreverent: disrespectful

subjugate: to dominate, conquer, or bring under control

expedite: to increase the rate of progress

filibuster: to attempt to block a bill from becoming law by speaking at length  against it

pristine: pure, completely clean and uncontaminated

pithy: full of meaning; concise

invective: an insult or abuse in speech

prodigal: reckless, wasteful, and extravagant

pliable: easily bent or flexible

torpid: losing motion, feeling, or power; lacking in energy

tenuous: not dense or thick; having little substance

discordant: being in disagreement

1.              consternation, 64 (n) amazement or dismay that creates confusion

2.              corrugated, 71 (adj) having ridges or grooves

3.              meander, 80 (v) to wander aimlessly or casually without a destination

4.              ambrosia, 84 (n) the food of the Greek and Roman gods

5.              bona fide, 85 (adj) genuine; without fraud

6.              Primordial (Adj) formed long ago, primitive

7.              Revere (V) to greatly respect

8.              Sublime (Adj) noble, of special or high quality

9.              Turbulence (N) violent disturbance

10.       Voluble (Adj) always ready to talk and discuss

11.       irascible (adj) easily angered

12.       irony (n) an unexpected outcome or the use of a word that is the opposite of its literal meaning

13.       irresolute (adj) indcisive, unsure

14.       irreverent (adj) disrespectful

15.       jargon (n) specialized language used by a particular group

1.       circumspect: careful, heedful, attentive to all points

2.       zephr: a gentle breeze; the West Wind

3.       renegade: one who deserts one side in favor of another; traitor; outlaw

4.       retribution: something justly deserved, especially a punishment

5.       hurtle: to move or fling swiftly and with great force

6.       scourge: a person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune

7.       caustic: biting, stingingly sharp or sarcastic

8.       taciturn: not fond of talking, usually silent

9.       agnostic: one who believes that the existence of God can neither be proved nor disproved

10.   terse: brief and to the point

11.   uncanny: weird, strange, so keen or acute as to seem bizarre

12.   exodus: a mass departure or emigration

13.   penitent: remorseful, sorry for having done wrong

14.   vindicate: to clear of suspicion or accusations

15.   raillery: good-humored ridicule or teasing