english honors vocabulary

Question 1

prospects

Answer 1

noun, chances or possibilities especially for finical successes 
After you graduate top of your class at Harvard, for example, your job prospects look great.

Question 2

incessantly

Answer 2

adverb without interruptions; continuously

The neighbor’s dog might bark incessantly in the morning, causing you to complain incessantly about the noise

Question 3

vexation

Answer 3

noun, irritation ; annoyance

The test-taker next to you tapping her pencil is a vexation

Question 4

pauper

Answer 4

noun, a poor person, especially one who depends on public charity “I’m sorry, I can’t afford to go with you to the movies. I’m living like a pauper this week, until I get paid.

Question 5

adulation

Answer 5

noun, excessive praise or flattery

You could hear the adulation of the screaming fans at the pop concert

Question 6

disconsolate

Answer 6

adj, extremely depressed or dejected

Why are you disconsolate after scoring a touchdown? Oh . . . for the other team.

Question 7

aghast

Answer 7

adj, filled with shock of horror
Would you be aghast, or shocked, to find out that your friends believe in ghosts, or would you share their frightened, or aghast, looks when a floating white being hovers over the campfire?

Question 8

gamut

Answer 8

noun an entire range or series

He had a face that expressed a gamut of emotions

Question 9

privation

Answer 9

noun the lack of a basic necessity or a comfort of life
If you’re lacking the basic necessities of life — food, water, political freedom, and so on — you’re suffering from privation.

Question 10

askew

Answer 10

crooked;to one side
The rugs were laying askew.
everything appears to be tilted and wildly askew, including their aunt’s mental condition.