English 1 Pre-AP Vocab Final Flashcards

27275962	embellish	to add or to ornament	0
27275963	encroachment	an intrusion upon anothers land	1
27275964	extraneous	not pertinent or relevant	2
27275965	interlude	a brief entertainment	3
27275966	interface	to connect two things so they will work together as one	4
27275967	intramural	within the walls, as of a college	5
27275968	internecine	equally harmful to all concerned	6
27275969	extraterrestrial	an alien	7
27275970	introvert	person greatly occupied with inner thoughts and feelings	8
27275971	extrovert	an outgoing person	9
27275972	introspection	a looking into one's own thoughts and feelings	10
27275973	engender	to give life to; to cause	11
27275974	futility	a condition of hopelessness	12
27275975	jocose	joking, playful, and merry	13
27275976	relentless	never letting up; persistent	14
27275977	feckless	careless, irresponsible, or ineffectual	15
27275978	civility	a courteous act, gesture, or statement	16
27275979	financier	an expert in money matters	17
27275980	senility	mental deterioration of old age	18
27275981	comatose	almost unconscious	19
27275982	profiteer	one making excessive profits	20
27275983	hapless	consistently having bad luck	21
27275984	humility	total absence of vanity or egotism	22
27275985	morose	gloomy, sullen, and fretful	23
27275986	effervescent	bubbling over, as with optimism	24
27286490	escapist	avoiding reality	25
27286491	eradicate	to root out completely	26
27286492	ecstatic	characterized by intense emotions, high or low	27
27286493	exhume	to bring to light or uncover	28
27286494	efficacious	producing desired results	29
27286495	escapade	a carefree adventure	30
27286496	eccentric	odd or unconventional	31
27286497	exonerate	to free from blame	32
27286498	effete	without vigor; sterile, incapable of producing	33
27286499	evocative	calling forth a verbal or emotional response	34
27286500	eclectic	drawing upon a variety of methods or styles	35
27286501	laudable	worthy of praise; praiseworthy	36
27286502	allusion	a passing or indirect reference to something	37
27286503	statuesque	well-proportioned or physically graceful	38
27286504	grotesque	unnaturally strange or bizarre	39
27286505	incursion	a sudden raid or invasion	40
27286506	quiescent	inactive or dormant	41
27286507	contrition	a feeling of sorrow, remorse, or shame	42
27286508	viable	able to live; workable	43
27286509	fluorescent	giving of light	44
27286510	intangible	not concrete of touchable	45
27286511	indelible	that cannot be removed or erased	46
27286512	opalescent	displaying a variety of shimmering colors	47
27286513	impale	to fix on a stake	48
27286514	paraphrase	to restate in one's own words	49
27286515	illuminati	people possessing great knowledge	50
27286516	paraprofessional	one who works alongside a professional	51
27286517	imbibe	to drink	52
27286518	irritant	something causing anger	53
27286519	illuminate	to enlighten or inform	54
27286520	parapsychology	branch of psychology dealing with psychic phenomena	55
27286521	incarnate	in the flesh or bodily form	56
27286522	ingest	to consume, as food	57
27286523	imminent	likely to occur at any moment	58
27286524	influx	a continual flowing or pouring in	59
27286525	muted	toned down	60
27286526	flourish	to blossom, thrive, or prosper	61
27286527	revered	held in great respect	62
27286528	parity	equality of value	63
27286529	component	a part, element, or ingredient	64
27286530	longevity	the length of life	65
27286531	refurbish	to make like new again	66
27286532	fettered	restrained or shackled	67
27286533	annuity	an amount of money paid yearly	68
27286534	pendant	a hanging object	69
27286535	diminish	to make or become smaller or less	70
27286536	consultant	an expert who sells advice professionally	71
27286537	hyperbole	an overstatement or exaggeration	72
27286538	occupant	one who lives at a specific residence	73
27286539	hypocritical	pretending to be with one is not	74
27286540	oblique	indirect or evasive	75
27286541	opprobrious	expressing scorn	76
27286542	hypertension	high blood pressure	77
27286543	occluded	blocked off or stopped up	78
27286544	hypothetical	theoretical or suppositional	79
27286545	opportune	right for the purpose; appropriate	80
27286546	oblivion	a mindless state	81
27286547	hyperborean	of the far north, frigid	82
27286548	obscure	to hide from view	83
27286549	apprehensive	fearful, uneasy, or anxious	84
27286550	foppish	paying to much attention to one's appearance	85
27286551	punitive	intended to punish	86
27286552	boorish	rude, impolite, and ill-mannered	87
27286553	nihilist	one who denies any purpose to life	88
27286554	altruist	a person who does good for others	89
27286555	sonorous	having a full, rich, or powerful sound	90
27286556	apologist	a defender, as of a doctrine or teaching	91
27286557	divisive	causing dissention or disagreement	92
27286558	copious	plentiful or abundant	93
27286559	sadist	one who enjoys inflicting pain	94
27286560	illusive	lacking reality; unreal	95
27286561	posthumous	following death	96
27286562	premonition	an advance warning, as of something bad	97
27286563	peripheral	around the edges, away from the center	98
27286564	resurgence	the condition of coming to life	99
27286565	precocious	developed ahead of time	100
27286566	peripatetic	moving about from place to place, unsettled	101
27286567	reciprocal	affecting both sides mutually	102
27286568	postlude	music at the end of a church service	103
27286569	preposterous	ridiculous or absurd	104
27286570	postpartum	related to the time just after childbirth	105
27286571	recidivism	repeated or habitual criminal behavior	106
27286572	peristalsis	wavelike motions along the walls of hollow organs in the body	107
27286573	livid	lead-colored or bluish-gray	108
27286574	torpid	slow, dull, or sluggish	109
27286575	luminescence	cool brilliance	110
27286576	cowardice	a shameful lack of courage	111
27286577	convalescence	a period of time during which strength is regained	112
27286578	morbid	grim, gruesome, or grisly	113
27286579	obsolescence	the quality of being out of fashion	114
27286580	chasten	to discipline or correct	115
27286581	jaundice	a state of of bitter envy or jealousy	116
27286582	enlighten	to broaden the mind	117
27286583	hasten	to make something happen more quickly	118
27286584	candid	without pretense; straightforward; unrehearsed	119