English 2H Vocabulary Flashcards
Admonish (verb)
To warn, to caution
Affliction (noun)
Anything causing great suffering
Aghast (adjective)
Feeling great dismay or horror
Advocate (verb)
To recommend; to speak in favor of
Affiliate (noun)
As associate, partner
Adjunct (noun)
A subordinate; assistant
Alacrity (noun)
Liveliness, willingness, eagerness
Amalgamate (verb)
To combine
Ambidextrous (adjective)
Equally skillful with both hands
Alienate (verb)
To make others unfriendly toward you
Anachronism (noun)
Something/ someone out of its place and or time
Allude (verb)
To hint at, to refer to indirectly
Aloof (adjective)
Reserved, distant
Animate (verb)
To give life or motion to (lively)
Antiquated (adjective)
No longer used: outdated
Aphorism (noun)
Concise statement of the truth or principle
Aplomb (noun)
Self confidence
Bandy (verb)
Conversation of a joking manner
Beget (verb)
To produce; to be the parent of
Bane (noun)
Cause of ruin, harm, or distress, death
Begrudge (verb)
To resent another’s success (jealous) to give with reluctance (not wanting to give)
Benediction (noun)
A blessing
Belated (adj)
Delayed
Beneficiary (noun)
One who receives benefits
Berserk (adj; adv)
In a state of violence/ rage
Berate (verb)
To scold or rebuke severely at length
Bibliophile (noun)
Lover of books
Bias (verb)
A prejudice that inhabits judgements
bilk (verb)
to cheat or swindle; to thwart of frustrate
blatant (adjective)
offensively noisy; obvious
blight (noun)
prevents growth
Anthropomorphic (adjective)
Having human like qualities (gods, animals)
calumny (noun)
false accusation
cache (noun)
hiding place; or things hidden; usually valuables
cadaverous (adjective)
of or like corpse; pale, gaunt, thin (looking dead)
careen (verb)
to lean sideways
caricature (noun)
an exaggerated portrayal of one’s features
carnage (noun)
a bloody extensive slaughter
carp (verb)
to complain; or find fault in a petty or nagging way
Catalyst (noun)
A person or thing that speeds up a result
Charisma (noun)
To possess a great appeal for others
Beleaguer (verb)
besiege by encircling/ to harass
Chauvinist(noun)
One who has a fanatical devotion to a country sec or religion without contempt
Catholic (adjective)
Universal
Chicanery (noun)
Cleaver but tricky way to deceive and evade
Cavort (verb)
To leap in a springly manner
Choleric (adjective)
Easily angered
Chafe (verb)
Irritate by friction/ rubbing
Dally (verb)
To waste time
Dastardly (verb)
Mean and cowardly
dawdle (verb)
to waste time
debonaire (adjective)
carefree and self-confident in manner; elegant and gracious
decadence (noun)
moral deterioration
declaim (verb)
to speak in a dramatic manner
daub (verb)
to paint unskillfully
defunct (adjective)
no longer in existence
daunt (verb)
to make afraid or discouraged
Deify (verb)
Make good of; worship as god
Delete (verb)
Cross out
Delude (verb)
Mislead; to fool
deluge (noun)
a flood; a great downpour; an overwhelming rush of anything
demented(adjective)
mentally ill; insane
demise (noun)
death; a ceasing to exist
denigrate (verb)
to ruin the reputation of; to speak ill of
denizen (noun)
an occupant; inhabitant
desecrate (verb)
to damage a holy place;
desist (verb)
to stop
desolate (adjective)
lonely
despot (noun)
a dictator with absolute power
edifice (noun)
a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building
educe (verb)
to draw or bring out
eerie (adjective)
weird, mysterious, strange, and frightening
efface (verb)
to wipe out
effrontery (noun)
unshamed boldness
effusive (adjective)
a poring out; an excessive display of emotion; overly demonstrative
egalitarian (adjective / noun)
the belief in the equality of all men (equal rights)
elated (adjective)
to be high in spirits (exultantly proud and joyful)
elite (noun)
the choice or best of a group
embroil (verb)
to draw into a conflict
emissary (noun)
one sent on a special mission
emit (verb)
to send out; to give forth, as in sound
ensue (verb)
to result from
entice (verb)
to attract by offering reward or pleasure
entity (noun)
an independent being; a real and independent existence
deplete (verb)
to use up gradually
envisage (verb)
to form a mental picture
epigram (noun)
a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
epitaph (noun)
inscription on a tombstone
equivocal (adjective)
ambiguous; purposely vague
eradicate (verb)
to wipe out; destroy
fabricate (verb)
to make; to build (make up a story)
facade (noun)
deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building
fallible (adj)
capable of error
fallow (adj)
inactive; unproductive
farcical (adjective0
ridiculously clumsy
fatalistic (adj)
believing that things in life are inevitable
fawn (verb
to act slavishly submissive
feathly (noun)
loyalty
fegin (verb)
to pretend
feisty (adjective)
aggressive; lively energetic
felicity (noun)
happiness
enmity (noun)
deep- seated hostility, often mutual
felonious (adj)
of, like, or constituting a felony
fester (verb)
to rot; to form pus; to grow embittered
fiat (noun)
an official order
fidelity (noun)
faithfulness
filch (verb)
to steal
filial (adj)
due from a son or a daugther
