Vocabulary 10th Grade #10 Flashcards
Encompass
verb - to contain or include; to enclose
adjective - encompassing (think of a compass: NESW)
Implacable
adjective - relentless; not capable of being pacified or appeased
adverb - implacably
Incentive
noun - motivation; encouragement
Militant
adjective - aggressive; in support of a belief or cause
noun - an individual prepared to fight for a cause; an activist
Pivotal
adjective - on which something turns or depends; crucial; vitally important
noun and verb - pivot
Postulate
noun - an assumption; a basic principle
verb - to assume without proof
Retribution
noun - something given to make up for a wrong done; punishment
Stringent
adjective - strict or severe; tight in finances or credit
Transcend
verb - to rise above or go beyond the limits of; to exceed or surpass
adjective - transcendent
Transitory
adjective - passing quickly; lasting only a short time; temporary
Bathos
noun - an abrupt change from the lofty, or high, to the low, ordinary or trivial (often in writing)
Feckless
adjective - feeble or ineffective; careless, irresponsible
Exploit
verb - to take the greatest possible advantage of, often in a negative way
noun - exploitation
Festoon
verb - to drape, as a garland or string, in a loop or curve from AT LEAST two points
noun - a garland or string suspended or looped from AT LEAST two points
Simian
adjective - resembling or relating to an ape or monkey or its characteristics
noun - an ape or monkey
Jocular
adjective - given to or characterized by joking or jesting; waggish
noun - jocularity
Squalid
adjective - dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care
noun - squalor
Zeitgeist
noun - the feeling of the time; general trend of thought or feeling of an era
Ludicrous
adjective - laughable because of obvious absurdity or incongruity
Turret
noun - a small tower-shaped projection on a building
Ersatz
adjective - an artificial and inferior substitute
