2nd semester vocab
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| 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 a loyalty or religion | ||
| a secret meeting, a tryst, or something assigned | ||
| to toss back and forth, to exchange, to use in a glib way | ||
| a transition from the illustrious to the commonplace, overdone pathos, triteness | ||
| ill-tempered, cranky, angry | ||
| 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 something | ||
| 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, over-refined | ||
| to weaken, to sap the strength | ||
| boredom, listlessness, lack of interest | ||
| to settle in snugly, to hide in a secure place | ||
| scholarly, deeply learned, well read | ||
| lacking responsibility, ineffective | ||
| wild, like an wild animal, savage | ||
| to impede, retrain, 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, 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 the rules | ||
| dishonest, deceitful | ||
| nearsightendness, lacking foresight | ||
| charmingly gullible | ||
| 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 objects | ||
| 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 nor 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 | ||
| sickly, greenish-yellow | ||
| sullen, gloomy, depressed | ||
| preachy, pompous, using wise sayings excessively | ||
| squalid, slovenly, foul, unclean | ||
| drowsy, sleepy | ||
| a sudden outburst | ||
| unwavering, robust, sturdily built | ||
| advancing a point of view, biased | ||
| fearful, easily frightened | ||
| displeasure or resentment | ||
| a whim, an unpredictable action | ||
| to honor, to worship, to respect | ||
| truthful, honest | ||
| corrosive, biting, bitterly scathing | ||
| custom, habit |