Pre-AP Spring Vocabulary - Definitions
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| 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 |