Semester Two
to repeal, to set aside, to nullify | ||
to leave quickly and secretively | ||
award or honor, high praise | ||
to command or urge solemnly and earnestly | ||
to distress, to mistreat | ||
to make better, to ease or improve | ||
something or someone loathed or intensely disliked | ||
subsidiary, subordinate | ||
situated on opposite sides of the earth, or being exactly opposite | ||
abandonment of loyalty or religion | ||
a secret meeting, a tryst, or something assigned | ||
to toss back and forth, to exchanged, to use in a glib way | ||
a transition from the illustrious to the commonplace, overdone pathos, triteness | ||
ill-tempered, cranky, angry | ||
a temporary encampment | ||
pushy, conceited, noisily self-assertive | ||
extremely intricate or complicated in structure | ||
a secret group of conspirators, a clique | ||
slander, deliberate false statements | ||
to quibble, to raise trivial objections | ||
to behave | ||
accompanying, attending, going along with | ||
a large, disastrous fire | ||
an intimate group of people with a common interest | ||
to kill or destroy a large part of | ||
to prey upon, to plunder with violence if necessary | ||
a philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands | ||
division into two often contradictory parts | ||
to break up, to squander, to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure | ||
severe, exceedingly harsh | ||
exhausted, lost vitality, overrefined | ||
to weaken, to sap the strength | ||
boredom, listlessness, lack of interest | ||
to settle in snugly, to hid in a secure place | ||
scholarly, deeply learned, well read | ||
lacking responsibility, ineffective | ||
wild, like a wild animal, savage | ||
to impede, restrain, hamper | ||
to whip, or to punish as if by whipping | ||
to stir up, to incite | ||
retract, renounce or recant | ||
a structure, whose parts cannot stand alone | ||
to gesture, especially when speaking | ||
to invest with authority, to brace | ||
overly dramatic, theatrical, deliberately affected | ||
disgraceful and dishonorable | ||
without money, penniless | ||
to attack the integrity of something | ||
not capable of being appeased or mollified | ||
just beginning, not organized or orderly, incomplete | ||
evil, unjust | ||
nonchalant, lighthearted, unconcerned | ||
uncompromising, stubborn | ||
habitual, deeply rooted or established | ||
a massive, unstoppable object | ||
a weariness, listlessness, a state of lethargy | ||
lustful, lascivious | ||
scheming activity for an evil purpose | ||
an illegal act especially by a public official | ||
one who adheres strictly to rules | ||
dishonest, deceitful | ||
emotionally unpredictable, give to rapid changes in mood | ||
nearsightedness, lacking foresight | ||
showing favoritism to friends or family, as in granting positions in jobs or politics | ||
the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe, that existence is senseless or useless | ||
harmful, unwholesome, stinking, putrid | ||
stubborn | ||
fawning, subservient, servile | ||
burdensome, oppressive, troublesome | ||
burden, blame, obligation | ||
damning, extremely critical, disgraceful | ||
a remedy that cures everything | ||
a model or example | ||
a smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic subjects | ||
calm, indifferent, not easily aroused | ||
common, vulgar, low class | ||
a society in which distinct groups function together, but retain their identities | ||
an omen, a sign of something coming, a foreshadowing | ||
honesty, uprightness | ||
lascivious, have lustful thoughts or desires | ||
meticulously attentive to detail, exacting | ||
the act of repeating an offense | ||
formidable, fearsome, deserving of respect | ||
payment, recompense | ||
widespread, abounding, occurring frequently | ||
to muse upon | ||
a sickly, greenish-yellow tone | ||
sullen, gloomy, depressed | ||
preachy, pompous, using wise sayings excessively | ||
squalid, a slovenly woman | ||
drowsy, sleepy | ||
a sudden outburst | ||
unwavering, robust, sturdily built | ||
advancing a point of view, biased | ||
fearful, easily frightened | ||
displeasure or resentment, shade | ||
whim, an unpredictable action | ||
to honor, to worship, to respect | ||
truthful, honest | ||
corrosive, biting, bitterly scathing | ||
custom, habit |