Danforth AP English III Semester One Vocabulary (1-15)
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| to sympathize with | ||
| to calm or soothe | ||
| inexpressible, indescribable | ||
| foul-smelling | ||
| shimmering, lustrous | ||
| prehistoric, primitive | ||
| indifferent, not-caring | ||
| a cluster or mass | ||
| to seclude or isolate | ||
| morally unrestrained | ||
| an unproved charge | ||
| to be overflowing with | ||
| secular, civil, worldly | ||
| to update or modernize | ||
| believable, defendable | ||
| twisting, winding | ||
| to exceed or go beyond | ||
| brief, temporary | ||
| a belief or principle | ||
| to make up without preparation | ||
| weak, flimsy, insubstantial | ||
| sickly thin | ||
| a period of employment or association | ||
| strict, rigid | ||
| a state of dullness | ||
| submissive, servile, inferior | ||
| a deadlock or stalemate | ||
| perfect, flawless | ||
| poor, poverty-stricken, penniless | ||
| obscuring clear vision | ||
| a complete failure or total disaster AND a ridiculous or absurd imitation | ||
| concise, to-the-point, direct | ||
| healing | ||
| in name only, honorary | ||
| a scholarly writing | ||
| a secondary company | ||
| to prove true or verify | ||
| freedom from punishment | ||
| a period of association or employment | ||
| an arrangement of dots | ||
| shrill | ||
| unchanging, fixed | ||
| unable to be sensed, abstract | ||
| to beg | ||
| unyielding, secure | ||
| wasteful, reckless, extravagant | ||
| lacking insight, shallow | ||
| unnecessary, unneeded | ||
| an extra, a spare | ||
| flexible, limber | ||
| sly, secretive | ||
| a clear path or strip | ||
| to assign to | ||
| a flatterer or "brownnoser" | ||
| freedom, liberation | ||
| to decorate or to exaggerate | ||
| to adorn or decorate | ||
| effective, productive | ||
| an image or figure | ||
| distinguished, important | ||
| a representative or ambassador | ||
| to give off | ||
| a softener | ||
| a payment | ||
| implied, unspoken | ||
| silent, reserved (anger) | ||
| relating to touch | ||
| physical, concrete | ||
| the same as | ||
| tight | ||
| cheap and showy | ||
| brightness, radiance, splendor | ||
| flagrant, obvious | ||
| to draw out or evoke | ||
| the study of surface features | ||
| a state of dullness, a daze | ||
| an explanation | ||
| to waste time | ||
| mysterious, puzzling | ||
| friendship, goodwill | ||
| cowardly | ||
| weak, feeble, ill | ||
| resourceful, inventive | ||
| natural, inborn | ||
| self-restraint | ||
| hostile, unfriendly | ||
| unique, one of a kind | ||
| natural, inborn | ||
| harmless, innocent | ||
| a scarcity | ||
| a complete failure | ||
| a physical weakness | ||
| suave, "smooth" | ||
| to express carefully | ||
| undercover, secret | ||
| to shrink in fear | ||
| a moral decline or decay | ||
| to destroy a great number of | ||
| pleasant sound, harmony | ||
| brief, short-lived | ||
| vulgar, crude | ||
| cowardly | ||
| a quotation | ||
| a state of emergency | ||
| to criticize harshly | ||
| clumsy, awkward | ||
| greed | ||
| hasty, careless | ||
| a person who is negative, a pessimist | ||
| theoretical, possible | ||
| shapeless | ||
| a demon | ||
| to teach by repetition | ||
| scanty, insignificant | ||
| required, obligated | ||
| foreign, strangely fascinating | ||
| dull, boring | ||
| generous, lavish | ||
| inconsistency | ||
| overly harsh, quick to find fault | ||
| tireless | ||
| quick and easy | ||
| clear, specific | ||
| revolting | ||
| believable, trustworthy | ||
| gullible, overly-trusting | ||
| a standard or measurement | ||
| to comfort or cheer up | ||
| to misunderstand or misinterpret | ||
| to lessen or decrease | ||
| to despise or hate | ||
| argumentative, quarrelsome | ||
| adjacent, adjoining | ||
| dependent on AND a small group | ||
| sorry, repentant | ||
| disrespect, insubordination | ||
| familiar, knowledgeable | ||
| friendly, outgoing, sociable | ||
| abundant, full, ample | ||
| irredeemable or "unsaveable" | ||
| skillful, agile, dexterous | ||
| rotting away, deterioration | ||
| to lower oneself or condescend | ||
| delicious, good-tasting | ||
| one who stirs up a crowd (negatively) | ||
| behavior or conduct | ||
| shy, modest | ||
| to indicate or signify | ||
| evil, immoral | ||
| insulting, mocking, belittling |