ELA 9 Flashcards
Extenuation
To make light or less serious
Portent
A sign something momentous will happen
Pretentious
Attempting to seem greater than actuality (Austintatious)
Retentive
Having the ability to remember easily
Retinue
Group of advisors accompanying an important person
Sustenance
Food or drink used for strength, maintaining in life
Tenable
Able to be maintained against attack or objection
Tenacious
Keeping a form hold of something, clinging or not relinquishing
Tenuous
Very weak or slight
Tenure
Conditions which land, job, or building are occupied. Security
Adduce
Cite as evidence
Confound
Cause suppose or confusion contrary to expectation
Cryptic
It is mysterious or obscure or hidden meaning
Conundrum
Confusing or difficult problem or question
Construe
Interpret in a particular way
Paradox
Statement that sounds reasonable but leads to a confusing conclusion that seems senseless. Can be false and true at the same time.
Patent
Clear or obvious
Equivocate
Use ambiguous language to conceal truth
Perspicacity
Quality of having ready insight into things
Rudimentary
Involving limited or basic principles
Commodious
Roomy or comfortable
Finite
Having limits or boundaries
Gamut
Complete range or scope
Incalculable
To great to be calculated or estimated
Iota
Extremely small amount
Lofty
Imposing height or pompous
Magnitude
Great size or extent of something
Miniscule
Extremely small or tiny
Picayune
Petty, worthless
Vestige
Trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
