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11th Grade Vocabulary Midterm
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ABORTIVE : failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose, only partially or imperfectly developed
ABSURD : contrary to reason, obviously inconsistent with truth or common sense
BEDLAM : a state or scene of uproar and confusion
BELIE: contradict, give a false impression
CACOPHONY :harsh sounding, discordant
CALLOUS : emotionally hardened, unfeeling
DEBILITATE: to make weak or feeble
DEBUTANTE : young woman who has just made her formal entrance into society
EDIFICE : a building, a structure, a large or massive building (church, palace)
ECLECTIC: selective in choosing from a variety of sources
FABRICATE : to make, manufacture, to make up, invent
GAMUT : an entire range or series
HAMPER: obstruct
CONOCLAST : one who attacks or seeks to overthrow popular or traditional belief, ideas, or institutions, an opponent of religious use of images
IGNOMINIOUS : marked with or full of disgrace, quality or conduct deserving disgrace, shameful, disgraceful
JEOPARDIZE: to expose to loss or injury, to risk
LABYRINTH : a bewildering maze, any confusing or complicated situation
MAGNANIMOUS : generous in forgiving, above small meannesses
NADIR: the lowest point, time of greatest depression
OBLITERATE: to erase or blot out, to render imperceptible
ABSTRUSE: obscure, profound, difficult to understand
BELLIGERENT : given to fighting, warlike, one at war, one engaged in war
CANDOR : outspokenness, frankness
DECORUM : proper behavior, good taste, orderliness
EFFRONTERY : shameless boldness, impudence
FACET : a phase or aspect, as of a topic, one of the small plane surfaces of a diamond
GAUDY : ostentatiously fine, showy, now esp. tastelessly fine
HARASS : to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks
IMMINENT : about to happen, threatening
JURISDICTION : the legal right to hear and determine a cause, area of authority
KINDLE: start a fire, inspire
LACONIC : concise, using few words
MALEVOLENT : spiteful, showing ill will
NEBULOUS : vague, confused, indistinct
PALTRY : trifling, insignificant, mean, despicable
RATIFY: approve formally, verify
SAGACIOUS: keen, shrewd, having insight
TACIT :unspoken, silent, implied, inferred
ULTIMATE : most remote in space or time, extreme, last in consequence
VACILLATE :to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another
ACCOST : to approach and speak to first
ACRIMONIOUS :stinging, bitter in temper or tone
BIGOT : one obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his own belief or opinion
CENSURE: blame, criticize
CESSATION : a stopping, ceasing
DELETERIOUS : harmful, injurious
11th Grade Vocabulary Midterm
Across:1. | obscure, profound, difficult to understand | 3. | keen, shrewd, having insight | 6. | spiteful, showing ill will | 8. | one who attacks or seeks to overthrow popular or traditional belief, ideas, or institutions, an opponent of religious use of images | 9. | to make weak or feeble | 11. | contradict, give a false impression | 14. | the lowest point, time of greatest depression | 16. | most remote in space or time, extreme, last in consequence | 19. | outspokenness, frankness | 20. | unspoken, silent, implied, inferred | 24. | to approach and speak to first | 25. | harsh sounding, discordant | 26. | approve formally, verify | 29. | to expose to loss or injury, to risk | 31. | an entire range or series | 32. | marked with or full of disgrace, quality or conduct deserving disgrace, shameful, disgraceful | 35. | vague, confused, indistinct | 36. | a stopping, ceasing | 37. | trifling, insignificant, mean, despicable | 38. | a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
| | Down:2. | given to fighting, warlike, one at war, one engaged in war | 4. | failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose, only partially or imperfectly developed | 5. | to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another | 7. | selective in choosing from a variety of sources | 9. | proper behavior, good taste, orderliness | 10. | obstruct | 11. | one obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his own belief or opinion | 12. | to make, manufacture, to make up, invent | 13. | a phase or aspect, as of a topic, one of the small plane surfaces of a diamond | 15. | young woman who has just made her formal entrance into society | 17. | concise, using few words | 18. | shameless boldness, impudence | 21. | start a fire, inspire | 22. | to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks | 23. | a bewildering maze, any confusing or complicated situation | 27. | a building, a structure, a large or massive building (church, palace) | 28. | blame, criticize | 30. | emotionally hardened, unfeeling | 33. | ostentatiously fine, showy, now esp. tastelessly fine | 34. | contrary to reason, obviously inconsistent with truth or common sense |
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11th Grade Vocabulary Midterm
Across:1. | obscure, profound, difficult to understand | 3. | keen, shrewd, having insight | 6. | spiteful, showing ill will | 8. | one who attacks or seeks to overthrow popular or traditional belief, ideas, or institutions, an opponent of religious use of images | 9. | to make weak or feeble | 11. | contradict, give a false impression | 14. | the lowest point, time of greatest depression | 16. | most remote in space or time, extreme, last in consequence | 19. | outspokenness, frankness | 20. | unspoken, silent, implied, inferred | 24. | to approach and speak to first | 25. | harsh sounding, discordant | 26. | approve formally, verify | 29. | to expose to loss or injury, to risk | 31. | an entire range or series | 32. | marked with or full of disgrace, quality or conduct deserving disgrace, shameful, disgraceful | 35. | vague, confused, indistinct | 36. | a stopping, ceasing | 37. | trifling, insignificant, mean, despicable | 38. | a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
| | Down:2. | given to fighting, warlike, one at war, one engaged in war | 4. | failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose, only partially or imperfectly developed | 5. | to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another | 7. | selective in choosing from a variety of sources | 9. | proper behavior, good taste, orderliness | 10. | obstruct | 11. | one obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his own belief or opinion | 12. | to make, manufacture, to make up, invent | 13. | a phase or aspect, as of a topic, one of the small plane surfaces of a diamond | 15. | young woman who has just made her formal entrance into society | 17. | concise, using few words | 18. | shameless boldness, impudence | 21. | start a fire, inspire | 22. | to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks | 23. | a bewildering maze, any confusing or complicated situation | 27. | a building, a structure, a large or massive building (church, palace) | 28. | blame, criticize | 30. | emotionally hardened, unfeeling | 33. | ostentatiously fine, showy, now esp. tastelessly fine | 34. | contrary to reason, obviously inconsistent with truth or common sense |
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