Vocab Lessons 9-12
This set contains the vocabulary words that will be on our next vocabulary test for Lessons 9 through 12.
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| 111135426 | halcyon | calm, pleasant (adj) | |
| 111135427 | hallow | to make holy (verb); holy (adj) | |
| 111135428 | harbinger | an omen or sign (noun) | |
| 111135429 | harlequin | a clown (noun) | |
| 111135430 | hector | to bully; to pester (verb) | |
| 111135431 | hedonism | pursuit of pleasure. especially of the senses (noun) | |
| 111135432 | hegira | flight, escape (noun) | |
| 111135433 | hermetic | tightly sealed (adj) | |
| 111135434 | heterogeneous | different; dissimilar (adj) | |
| 111135435 | hiatus | a pause or gap (noun) | |
| 111135436 | hoi polloi | common people; the masses (noun) | |
| 111135437 | hospice | a shelter (noun) | |
| 111135438 | hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence (noun) | |
| 111135439 | hybrid | anything of mixed origin (noun); mixed, assorted (adj) | |
| 111135440 | idiosyncrasy | a peculiar personality trait (noun) | |
| 132579555 | machination | an evil design or plan (noun) | |
| 132579556 | macroscopic | visible to the naked eye (adj) | |
| 132579557 | maelstrom | whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind (noun) | |
| 132579558 | malapropism | a word humorously misused (noun) | |
| 132579559 | malleable | capable of being changed; easily shaped (noun) | |
| 132579560 | martinet | a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster (noun) | |
| 132579561 | masochist | one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering (noun) | |
| 132579562 | mendacious | lying; false; deceitful (adj) | |
| 132579563 | meretricious | attractive in a cheap, flashy way (adj) | |
| 132579564 | milieu | environment, setting (noun) | |
| 132579565 | miscreant | a vicious person (noun) | |
| 132579566 | nebulous | hazy, vague, uncertain (adj) | |
| 132579567 | necromancy | magic, especially that practiced by a witch (noun) | |
| 132579568 | neologism | use of a new word; making up a new word or definition (noun) | |
| 132579569 | nihilism | a total rejection of established laws (noun) | |
| 132591581 | idolatry | excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object (noun) | |
| 132591582 | ignoble | dishonorable, shameful (adj) | |
| 132591583 | imminent | likely to happen; threatening (adj) | |
| 132591584 | immolate | to kill someone as a sacrifice victim, usually by fire (verb) | |
| 132591585 | immutable | unchangeable, fixed (adj) | |
| 132591586 | impair | to weaken; to cause to become worse (verb) | |
| 132591587 | impale | to pierce with a sharp stake through the body (verb) | |
| 132591588 | impalpable | unable to be felt, intangible (adj) | |
| 132591589 | impecunious | without money; penniless (adj) | |
| 132591590 | impediment | a barrier; obstruction (noun) | |
| 132591591 | imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important (adj) | |
| 132591592 | imperious | domineering; haughty (adj) | |
| 132591593 | impinge | to strike; to encroach (verb) | |
| 132591594 | impious | disrespectful toward God (adj) | |
| 132591595 | importune | to persistently ask; to beg (verb) | |
| 145681521 | impotent | powerless; lacking strength (adj) | |
| 145681522 | imprecation | a curse (noun) | |
| 145681523 | jocular | humorous, lighthearted (adj) | |
| 145681524 | juxtapose | to place side by side for comparison (verb) | |
| 145681525 | kinetic | pertaining to motion (adj) | |
| 145681526 | kismet | destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life) (noun) | |
| 145681527 | knell | a sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death funeral (noun) | |
| 145681528 | labyrinth | a complicated network of winding passages; a maze (noun) | |
| 145681529 | lachrymose | tearful, weepy (adj) | |
| 145681530 | laconic | using few words; short; concise (adj) | |
| 145681531 | lambent | softly bright or radiant; running or moving lightly over a surface (adj) | |
| 145681532 | languid | sluggish; drooping from weakness (adj) | |
| 145681533 | lascivious | lustful or lewd; inciting sexual desire (adj) | |
| 145681534 | legerdemain | sleight of hand; deception (noun) | |
| 145681535 | libertine | one who leads an immoral life (noun) |