to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective | ||
indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic | ||
to support, give a boost to | ||
to feel or express regret or disapproval | ||
of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously | ||
to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon | ||
a person or thing of no importance | ||
to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind | ||
elaborately decorated; showily splendid | ||
to remove drive out of a position or place | ||
marked by success; favorable. | ||
loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline | ||
kept or done in secret | ||
to instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement | ||
vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor; impermanent | ||
disrespectful; characterized by offensively bold behavior | ||
gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter | ||
having infinite knowledge and awareness; all-knowing | ||
dangerously lacking in security or stability | ||
a speech or dramatic monologue made to oneself to reveal thoughts | ||
a gentle breeze; the west wind | ||
a characteristic or quality peculiar to an individual; an oddity | ||
to bring or draw out a response; evoke | ||
to decorate; to make beautiful with ornamentation | ||
to give a false appearance of; pretend | ||
to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner | ||
loud and boisterous; harsh, disorderly | ||
the art of using words effectively in speaking or writing | ||
to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate | ||
extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous | ||
unnaturally pale; lacking vitality | ||
to make smooth or shiny by polishing | ||
intended to instruct | ||
an inscription in memory of a dead person (usually on a tombstone) | ||
lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid | ||
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; sagacious | ||
insignificant; frivolous | ||
enthusiastic pursuit of a cause, ideal, or goal | ||
stern and cold in appearance or manner; severe | ||
to mislead with skillful trickery; to persuade with charm | ||
to present as a gift or honor | ||
to regard or treat with haughty contempt; despise | ||
carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu | ||
to treat with contempt; scorn | ||
contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned | ||
a disease or unwholesome condition; disorder | ||
done routinely and with little interest or care | ||
a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc | ||
a state of uncertainty or perplexity | ||
to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another | ||
a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation | ||
the quality or state of being brief in duration | ||
a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds | ||
possessing or displaying meticulous attention to detail | ||
to obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods; to cheat | ||
seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable | ||
performed with a natural, offhand ease | ||
a repetitive recital or list | ||
characterized by cunning and deceit | ||
an ideal condition of harmony, stability, or joy | ||
to exclude from a group; to banish | ||
displaying or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in intelligence | ||
being the best or most typical of its kind | ||
one who is excessively preoccupied with oneself | ||
a general sense of unease | ||
one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a warning | ||
frankness or sincerity of expression; openness | ||
unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant | ||
marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful | ||
being in loose disarray; marked by disorder; untidy | ||
playfully jocular; humorous | ||
an expression of approval | ||
one that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify | ||
listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom | ||
the best or most representative example of a class or type | ||
characterized by showiness meant to impress others; showy | ||
seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain | ||
characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable | ||
easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable | ||
the outcome of a sequence of events; the end result |
Pre-AP Spring Vocabulary - Definitions
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