Semester 2 Vocab (9th Grade)

Question 1

Ensue (verb)

Answer 1

to follow from naturally, to flow from

Question 2

Respite (noun)

Answer 2

temporary break or rest

Question 3

commiserate (verb)

Answer 3

to sympathize for another person’s plight

Question 4

Perdition (noun)

Answer 4

damnation, a hellish place

Question 5

Reprieve (noun)

Answer 5

a cancellation of postponement of punishment

Question 6

Moribund (adjective)

Answer 6

having the look of death

Question 7

Deprecate (verb)

Answer 7

to belittle or look down upon

Question 8

Ghastly (adjective)

Answer 8

horrible to the senses, frightening

Question 9

Incorrigible (adjective)

Answer 9

Unable to be corrected, improved or reformed

Question 10

Irrepressible (adjective)

Answer 10

cannot be held back or repressed

Question 11

Omnipresent (adjective)

Answer 11

Present everywhere

Question 12

Unabashed (adjective)

Answer 12

unself-conscious, unembarrassed

Question 13

Ruse (noun)

Answer 13

a pretext to cover some real purpose; trick

Question 14

Idyllic (adjective)

Answer 14

perfect in setting having a peaceful quality

Question 15

Ineradicable (noun)

Answer 15

cannot be erased or removed

Question 16

Enumerate (verb)

Answer 16

to list, number, count

Question 17

Introspective (adjective)

Answer 17

looking within, consciously examining one’s life

Question 18

Transitory (adjective)

Answer 18

Occurring only temporarily

Question 19

Irrevocable (adjective)

Answer 19

Not to be revoked or recalled; unalterable

Question 20

Empirical (adjective)

Answer 20

tested by experiment or experience

Question 21

Paradoxical (adjective)

Answer 21

state of two opposites existing together, both deeming to be valid

Question 22

Nihilism (noun)

Answer 22

the denial of any meaning, the contention that being has no meaning

Question 23

Inherent (adjective)

Answer 23

existing in some thing or someone as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute

Question 24

Dormant (adjective)

Answer 24

in a state of rest or inactivity

Question 25

Axiological (noun)

Answer 25

the branch of philosophy dealing with values and ethical judgements

Question 26

Inexplicable (adjective)

Answer 26

incapable of being accounted for or explained

Question 27

Tantamount (adjective)

Answer 27

equivalent to in value, force, effect, or significance

Question 28

Didactic (adjective)

Answer 28

inclined to teach or lecture too much, or intending to teach a moral lesson

Question 29

Cognizant (adjective)

Answer 29

knowledge or awareness of something

Question 30

Ubiquity (noun)

Answer 30

occurring universally, happening everywhere