Mr. McCarthy's definite vocabulary words for the midterm
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| 124298121 | Furtive | Done by stealth, surreptitious. Expressive of stealth: sly. | |
| 124298122 | Plenteous | Fruitful, productive. Constituting or existing in plenty. | |
| 124298123 | Assail | To attack violently with blows or words. | |
| 124298124 | Bombast | Pretentious inflated speech or writing. | |
| 124298125 | Obsequious | Marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness. | |
| 124298126 | Prate | To talk long and idly. | |
| 124298127 | Eccentricity | The quality or state of being eccentric. Deviation from an established pattern or norm. Mathematical constant for a given conic section. | |
| 124298128 | Asceticism | Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and esp. spiritual discipline. Austere in appearance, manner, or attitude. | |
| 124298129 | Castigate | To subject to severe punishment reproof or criticism. | |
| 124298130 | Credulous | Ready to believe especially on sight or certain evidence. | |
| 124298131 | Forsake | To renounce or turn away from entirely. | |
| 124298132 | Veritable | Being in fact the thing names and not false, unreal, or imaginary. | |
| 124298133 | Cozen | To deceive, win over, or induce to do. something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery. | |
| 124298134 | Beneficent | Doing or producing good especially. performing acts of kindness and charity. | |
| 124298135 | Derision | The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt. | |
| 124298136 | Caste | A division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race. A system of rigid social stratification. | |
| 124298137 | Compulsory | Mandatory, enforced. | |
| 124298138 | Inculcate | To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. | |
| 124298139 | Indefatigable | Unable to tire out; untiring. | |
| 124298140 | Insinuate | To introduce (as an idea) gradually or in a subtle, indirect or covert way. To impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way; imply. | |
| 124298141 | Impute | To lay the responsibility or blame often falsely or unjustly. | |
| 124298142 | Filch | To appropriate furtively or casually. | |
| 124298143 | Lascivious | Lewd, lustful. | |
| 124298144 | Odious | Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance: hateful. | |
| 124298145 | Perjury | The voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath: false swearing. |
