Mrs Edwards 2nd semester vocab words

46730966	abrogate	to repeal, to set aside, to nullify
46730967	abscond	to leave quickly and secretively
46730968	accolade	award or honor, high praise
46730969	adjure	to command or urge solemnly and earnestly
46730970	aggrieve	to distress, to mistreat
46730971	ameliorate	to make better, to ease or improve
46730972	anathema	something or someone loathed or intensely disliked
46730973	ancillary	subsidiary, subordinate
46730974	antipodal	situated on opposite sides of the earth, or being exactly opposite
46730975	apostasy	abandonment of a loyalty or religion
46730976	assignation	a secret meeting, a tryst, or something assigned
46730977	bandy	to toss back and forth, to exchange, to use in a glib way
46730978	bathos	a transition from the illustrious to the commonplace, overdone pathos, triteness
46730979	bilious	ill-tempered, cranky, angry
46730980	bivouac	temporary encampment
46730981	bumptious	pushy, conceited, noisily self -assertive
46730982	Byzantine	extremely intricate or complicated in structure
46730983	cabal	a secret group of conspirators, a clique
46730984	calumny	slander, deliberate false statements
46730985	cavil	to quibble, to raise trivial objections
46730986	comport	to behave
46730987	concomitant	accompanying, attending, going along with
46730988	conflagration	a large, disastrous fire
46730989	coterie	an intimate group of people with a common interest
46730990	decimate	to kill or destroy a large part of something
46730991	depredate	to prey upon, to plunder with violence if necessary
46730992	determinism	a philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
46730993	dichotomy	division into two often contradictory parts
46730994	dissipate	to break up, to squander, to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
46730995	draconian	severe, exceedingly harsh
46730996	effete	exhausted, lost vitality, over -refined
46730997	enervate	to weaken, to sap the strength
46730998	ennui	boredom, listlessness, lack of interest
46730999	ensconce	to settle in snugly, to hide in a secure place
46731000	erudite	scholarly, deeply learned, well read
46731001	feckless	lacking responsibility, ineffective
46731002	feral	wild, like an wild animal, savage
46731003	fetter	to impede, retrain, hamper
46731004	flagellate	to whip, or to punish as if by whipping
46731005	foment	to stir up, to incite
46731006	forswear	retract, renounce or recant
46731007	gestalt	a structure whose parts cannot stand alone
46731008	gesticulate	to gesture, especially when speaking
46731009	gird	to invest with authority, to brace
46731010	histrionic	overly dramatic, theatrical, deliberately affected
46731011	ignominious	disgraceful, dishonorable
46731012	impecunious	without money, penniless
46731013	impugn	to attack the integrity of something
46731014	implacable	not capable of being appeased or mollified
46731015	inchoate	just beginning, not organized or orderly, incomplete
46731016	iniquitous	evil, unjust
46731017	insouciant	nonchalant, lighthearted, unconcerned
46731018	intransigent	uncompromising, stubborn
46731019	inveterate	habitual, deeply rooted or established
46731020	juggernaut	a massive, unstoppable object
46731021	lassitude	a weariness, listlessness, a state of lethargy
46731022	libidinous	lustful, lascivious
46731023	machination	scheming activity for an evil purpose
46731024	malfeasance	an illegal act—-especially by a public official
46731025	martinet	one who adheres strictly to the rules
46731026	mendacious	dishonest, deceitful
46731027	myopia	the quality of nearsightendness, lacking foresight
46731028	naïve	charmingly gullible
46731029	nepotism	showing favoritism to friends or family, as in granting positions in jobs or politics
46731030	nihilism	the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe, that existence is senseless or useless
46731031	noisome	harmful, unwholesome, stinking, putrid
46731032	obdurate	stubborn
46731033	obsequious	fawning, subservient, servile
46731034	onerous	burdensome, oppressive, troublesome
46731035	onus	burden, blame, obligation
46731036	opprobrious	damning, extremely critical, disgraceful
46731037	panacea	a remedy that cures everything
46731038	paradigm	a model or example
46731039	philistine	a smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic objects
46731040	phlegmatic	calm, indifferent, not easily aroused
46731041	plebeian	common, vulgar, low class
46731042	pluralism	a society in which distinct groups function together but retain their identities
46731043	portent	an omen, a sign nor something coming, a foreshadowing
46731044	probity	honesty, uprightness
46731045	prurient	lascivious, have lustful thoughts or desires
46731046	punctilious	meticulously attentive to detail, exacting
46731047	recidivism	the act of repeating an offense
46731048	redoubtable	formidable, fearsome, deserving of respect
46731049	remuneration	payment, recompense
46731050	rife	widespread, abounding, occurring frequently
46731051	ruminate	to muse upon
46731052	sallow	sickly, greenish-yellow
46731053	saturnine	sullen, gloomy, depressed
46731054	sententious	preachy, pompous, using wise sayings excessively
46731055	slatternly	squalid, slovenly, foul, unclean
46731056	somnolent	drowsy, sleepy
46731057	spate	a sudden outburst
46731058	stalwart	unwavering, robust, sturdily built
46731059	tendentious	advancing a point of view, biased
46731060	timorous	fearful, easily frightened
46731061	umbrage	displeasure or resentment
46731062	vagary	a whim, an unpredictable action
46731063	venerate	to honor, to worship, to respect
46731064	veracious	truthful, honest
46731065	vitriolic	corrosive, biting, bitterly scathing
46731066	wont	custom, habit