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12th Grade Vocabulary Midterm
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ELABORATION: addition of details, intricacy
FASTIDIOUS : overly demanding or hard to please, excessively careful in regard to details
GLUTTON: someone who eats too much
HEDONISM: belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life
IMPEDE : to stop in progress, obstruct, hinder
IMPETUOUS :rushing with force and violence, hasty, impulsive
LEGACY: gift made by a will
MARRED: damaged, disfigured
OBSTINATE: stubborn
PARIAH : an outcast, one who is rejected by a social group or organization
SALUBRIOUS : healthy, conducive to well being, beneficial, healthful
TEMPER: to moderate, tone down or restrain
UNKEMPT : not combed, untidy, not well kept
VERBOSE: wordy
MATERIALISM : the tendency to give undue importance to material interests
OBVIATE : to meet or anticipate and dispose of, make unnecessary
PARSIMONIOUS : stingy, miserly
PARODY: humorous imitation, travesty
PATHETIC : affecting or exciting emotion esp. pity or sorrow, pitiful
RAZE : to lay level with the ground, demolish, to overthrow, destroy
SANCTION : solemn ratification, that which induces observance of law
AFFIRMATION: positive assertion, confirmation, solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
AFFLUENT : well supplied with material possessions, wealthy
BRAVADO: a display of false or assumed courage
COERCION: use of force to get someone’s compliance
COMMODIOUS : roomy, spacious
DEROGATORY :a belittling remark or action toward another, behavior beneath one’s
character
DESPONDENT: depressed, gloomy
EMULATE: to imitate, rival
ENERVATE: to weaken
FLIPPANT : treating lightly a matter that is serious or worthy of respect, disrespectful
INCOHERENT : lacking cohesion, disconnected, rambling
INCONGRUOUS: not fitting, absurd
INCONTROVERTIBLE : unquestionable, beyond dispute
MERCENARY :acting merely for reward, serving for pay, hired for service, an army not of ones own country, professional soldier for hire
PESSIMISM: belief that life is basically bad or evil, gloominess
PEDAGOGUE : a teacher of children
REFUTE: to disprove
SATURATE :to cause to become penetrated as with water, to blanket completely
TERSE: concise, abrupt, pithy
VERTIGO : dizziness, giddiness
ALLEGE : to assert without proof or confirmation
ALLUDE : to refer to causally or indirectly
BREVITY: conciseness
COMPATIBLE :able to get along or work well together, capable of use with some other
COMPOSURE: mental calmness
DETACHED: emotionally removed, calm and objective, indifferent
DETRIMENT : injury or damage, or that which causes injury or damage
ENGENDER: to cause, to produce
ENIGMA : an obscure saying, anything inexplicable, an inscrutable person,puzzle
EPHEMERAL: short lived, fleeting, temporary
FLUCTUATE : to move or constantly change, as between two points, ideas, etc.
GULLIBLE : easily duped, fooled or imposed upon
ALTRUISTIC : unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others
AMBIVALENT : having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something
CONCEDE: to admit, yield, give in
CONCISE: brief and compact
DIDACTIC: teaching, instructional
DILIGENCE: steadiness of effort, persistent hard work
EPITOME :a part which represents typically a whole, a perfect example
EQUANIMITY : calmness, composure, refusal to panic
FRACTIOUS : tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, irritable
HETEROGENEOUS :composed of different kinds, diverse
INDIFFERENCE : having a neutral or unbiased disposition, not interested in or concerned about
INDISCRIMINATE : not showing distinction, unable to tell the difference between, not making careful choices
INDOLENT : indulging in ease, avoiding exertion, lazy
LIBEL : written material defaming a person, material published without just cause, slander
MISANTHROPE : one who hates mankind
OPPORTUNIST: individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
PERMEATE :to pass through, esp. of fluids, to spread or pervade
PERSEVERE :to persist in
12th Grade Vocabulary Midterm
Across:1. | emotionally removed, calm and objective, indifferent | 12. | written material defaming a person, material published without just cause, slander | 13. | use of force to get someone’s compliance | 15. | someone who eats too much | 16. | to admit, yield, give in | 19. | acting merely for reward, serving for pay, hired for service, an army not of ones own country, professional soldier for hire | 22. | humorous imitation, travesty | 26. | steadiness of effort, persistent hard work | 31. | a teacher of children | 32. | gift made by a will | 33. | unquestionable, beyond dispute | 37. | the tendency to give undue importance to material interests | 38. | unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others | 39. | to weaken |
| | Down:2. | well supplied with material possessions, wealthy | 3. | to cause, to produce | 4. | healthy, conducive to well being, beneficial, healthful | 5. | to refer to causally or indirectly | 6. | injury or damage, or that which causes injury or damage | 7. | to cause to become penetrated as with water, to blanket completely | 8. | tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, irritable | 9. | an outcast, one who is rejected by a social group or organization | 10. | dizziness, giddiness | 11. | to assert without proof or confirmation | 14. | to disprove | 16. | able to get along or work well together, capable of use with some other | 17. | calmness, composure, refusal to panic | 18. | a display of false or assumed courage | 20. | to lay level with the ground, demolish, to overthrow, destroy | 21. | an obscure saying, anything inexplicable, an inscrutable person,puzzle | 23. | affecting or exciting emotion esp. pity or sorrow, pitiful | 24. | rushing with force and violence, hasty, impulsive | 25. | not combed, untidy, not well kept | 27. | a part which represents typically a whole, a perfect example | 28. | short lived, fleeting, temporary | 29. | damaged, disfigured | 30. | solemn ratification, that which induces observance of law | 34. | conciseness | 35. | to moderate, tone down or restrain | 36. | concise, abrupt, pithy |
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12th Grade Vocabulary Midterm
Across:1. | emotionally removed, calm and objective, indifferent | 12. | written material defaming a person, material published without just cause, slander | 13. | use of force to get someone’s compliance | 15. | someone who eats too much | 16. | to admit, yield, give in | 19. | acting merely for reward, serving for pay, hired for service, an army not of ones own country, professional soldier for hire | 22. | humorous imitation, travesty | 26. | steadiness of effort, persistent hard work | 31. | a teacher of children | 32. | gift made by a will | 33. | unquestionable, beyond dispute | 37. | the tendency to give undue importance to material interests | 38. | unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others | 39. | to weaken |
| | Down:2. | well supplied with material possessions, wealthy | 3. | to cause, to produce | 4. | healthy, conducive to well being, beneficial, healthful | 5. | to refer to causally or indirectly | 6. | injury or damage, or that which causes injury or damage | 7. | to cause to become penetrated as with water, to blanket completely | 8. | tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary, irritable | 9. | an outcast, one who is rejected by a social group or organization | 10. | dizziness, giddiness | 11. | to assert without proof or confirmation | 14. | to disprove | 16. | able to get along or work well together, capable of use with some other | 17. | calmness, composure, refusal to panic | 18. | a display of false or assumed courage | 20. | to lay level with the ground, demolish, to overthrow, destroy | 21. | an obscure saying, anything inexplicable, an inscrutable person,puzzle | 23. | affecting or exciting emotion esp. pity or sorrow, pitiful | 24. | rushing with force and violence, hasty, impulsive | 25. | not combed, untidy, not well kept | 27. | a part which represents typically a whole, a perfect example | 28. | short lived, fleeting, temporary | 29. | damaged, disfigured | 30. | solemn ratification, that which induces observance of law | 34. | conciseness | 35. | to moderate, tone down or restrain | 36. | concise, abrupt, pithy |
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