Spring Semester
A quiz after every fourth-ish list
SAT style—specifically geared for SAT
improvement
L McCue: “There’s an app for that”
You should be able to earn an A on every one
of them!!
an opponent or enemy that is likely to be
impossible for you to defeat, or a situation
that is likely to be impossible for you to deal
with
A lack of something
certain to happen and impossible to avoid
disagreement or arguing between people; an
unpleasant sound made by a group of musical
notes that do not go together well
willing to show that you care about someone
thinking sadly about something you would
like to have but cannot have, especially
something that you used to have in the past
the quality of expressing something in very
few words
extremely annoying or unpleasant
florid language, music, or art has a lot of extra
unnecessary details or decorations; a florid
face is red in color
the quality that something has when it is
difficult to understand or difficult to see
through
11 words this week!
too slight or unimportant to have any effect
achieving the opposite result to the one that
you want
An event, change, or decision is very
important because it will have a great
influence on the future
kind and generous, especially to someone
that you have defeated; free from
resentfulness or vindictiveness
based on scientific testing or practical
experience, not on ideas; a quack, charalatan
someone who has a strong unreasonable fear
of something
ideas or plans are not practical and are based
on unreasonable hopes of improving the
world; romantic, visionary; impulsive,
unpredictable
to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a
period of time
to assert without proof
to find out something
openness to bribery or corruption
(adj) large, impressive, or expensive
(v) to give someone or something a lot of
love, praise, money etc
The condition of being excessively fat, obese
to make someone feel annoyed or worried
to exist in very large numbers
making you think of something; smelling
strongly of something
relating to or affecting your brain; having or
involving complicated ideas rather than
strong emotions
making you feel calm and relaxed; relating to
the treatment or cure of an illness
to gradually make someone or something
less strong or effective
to be legally or officially taken away from you
as a punishment
to greatly increase your effort as you try to do
something
11 words!
Quiz on List 1-3 next Friday!
to speak in a loud angry way, often for a long
time, in order to criticize someone or to
persuade them that you are right
language or behavior that shows a lack of
control which other people think is
unacceptable
doing something that is intended to make
someone stop arguing with you
if your speech or movements are halting, you
stop for a moment between words or
movements, especially because you are not
confident
A person, thing or organization is strong and
not likely to have problems; showing
determination or strong opinions; strong
flavor (as in food)
A remark, argument etc. that is too simple
and shows a lack of careful thought or
understanding; achievement or success that
has been obtained too easily and has no value
giving orders and expecting to be obeyed, in
a way that seems too proud
showing no emotion or reaction in the
expression so that it is impossible to know
what they are feeling or thinking
friendly and pleasantly cheerful
very loud and emotional behaviour that is
intended to get sympathy and attention used to show disapproval
very concerned about someone's safety,
health, or comfort
Vocab Quiz (SAT fill-in-the-blank style) next
Friday
Lists 1-5
when someone or something is cheerful and
fun
to defeat or control a person or group,
especially using force; to prevent your
emotions from showing or being too strong
continuing or existing for only a short time
very easy to notice; great and impressive
soft and moving easily in the way that you
want; easily influenced and controlled by
others
relating to trees, or living in trees
in a way that shows you do not know or
realize something
to make someone feel embarrassed or
nervous so that they cannot do or say what
they want to; to prevent something from
growing or developing well
difficult to find or not often seen; hard to
achieve; difficult to describe or understand
to praise something very much
to officially criticize someone for something
they have done wrong
relating to the position of being governor
willing to use power and influence in a
dishonest way in return for money
behaving as if you want to keep something
secret
continuing or existing for only a short period
of time; always on the move
interested in your own group, country, way of
life etc and no others (- connotation); relating
to an island
someone who makes decisions and gives
orders to people without asking them for
their opinion; a ruler who has complete
power over a country
someone who pretends to like an important
person and does things for them, so that that
person will help them (- connotation)
someone who knows a lot about something
such as art, food, or music
praise and admiration for someone that is
more than they really deserve
someone who praises powerful people too
much because they want to get something
from them (- connotation)
not caring that other people are suffering
relating to growing crops
a liquid that is thick and sticky and does not
flow easily
when someone or something shows great
knowledge and understanding, or strong,
serious feelings
the way in which the level of your voice
changes in order to add meaning to what you
are saying; the playing or singing of correct
musical notes
produced or existing in large quantities
something done to make a bad situation
seem better, but which does not solve the
problem; in medicine, treatment that will not
cure but ease the pain
to decrease in value, price or importance
very willing to take disagreements to a court
of law (- connotation)
a book that contains a complete collection of
facts, drawings etc on a particular subject
an unusual habit or way of behaving that
someone has
completely lacking in something
to deliberately try to influence or change a
situation that does not concern you, or that
you do not understand
to delay or avoid making a decision in order
to gain time
lack of intelligent, interesting, or serious
thought
a romantic or sexual relationship between
two people that is not considered serious
not suitable or well-chosen; not happy
a man who behaves in a very rude way
involving or accomplished with careful
perseverance; diligent in application or
pursuit
behaving in an unreasonably impatient and
angry way, like a child
(n) a soldier who fights for any country or
group that will pay him; (adj) only interested
in the money you may be able to get from a
person, job etc
a way of expressing love and emotions that
seems silly or insincere
done very quickly without much attention to
details
to officially state in a special religious
ceremony that a place or building is holy and
can be used for religious purposes
careless because you did not do something
that you ought to have done
to encourage an attitude or feeling and make
it stronger
Vocab Mid-Term to Thursday, May 2
ALL 10 Honors words
ALL of this year’s words!
EGADS!!!
to end a situation in which people are
behaving violently or protesting, especially by
using force; to reduce or stop unpleasant
feelings such as fear, doubt, or worry
too great to be described in words
showing a lot of skill; complete
based on a reasonable belief about what is
likely to be true
damaging or harmful
when you are loyal to a person, an
organization, or something that you believe
in (relationships; literature)
a very clear sign that a system, method etc is
very bad or very wrong
to divide into clearly separate groups with
opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to
make people do this
a speech or piece of writing in which you
praise someone or something very much,
especially at a funeral
considering a person or thing as a whole,
rather than as separate parts
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