Semester 2 Vocab (9th Grade) Flashcards
Ensue (verb)
to follow from naturally, to flow from
Respite (noun)
temporary break or rest
commiserate (verb)
to sympathize for another person’s plight
Perdition (noun)
damnation, a hellish place
Reprieve (noun)
a cancellation of postponement of punishment
Moribund (adjective)
having the look of death
Deprecate (verb)
to belittle or look down upon
Ghastly (adjective)
horrible to the senses, frightening
Incorrigible (adjective)
Unable to be corrected, improved or reformed
Irrepressible (adjective)
cannot be held back or repressed
Omnipresent (adjective)
Present everywhere
Unabashed (adjective)
unself-conscious, unembarrassed
Ruse (noun)
a pretext to cover some real purpose; trick
Idyllic (adjective)
perfect in setting having a peaceful quality
Ineradicable (noun)
cannot be erased or removed
Enumerate (verb)
to list, number, count
Introspective (adjective)
looking within, consciously examining one’s life
Transitory (adjective)
Occurring only temporarily
Irrevocable (adjective)
Not to be revoked or recalled; unalterable
Empirical (adjective)
tested by experiment or experience
Paradoxical (adjective)
state of two opposites existing together, both deeming to be valid
Nihilism (noun)
the denial of any meaning, the contention that being has no meaning
Inherent (adjective)
existing in some thing or someone as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute
Dormant (adjective)
in a state of rest or inactivity
