IB English HL A1 Vocab (ALL) Flashcards
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| 107756881 | frugal | miserly | |
| 107756882 | feign | pretend | |
| 107756883 | obstinate | stubborn | |
| 107756884 | tacit | quiet | |
| 107756885 | metafiction | stories within stories | |
| 107756886 | incipit | the beginning | |
| 107756887 | polysemic | many meanings | |
| 107756888 | staid | consistent | |
| 107756889 | overt | open | |
| 107756890 | stoic | unmoved | |
| 107756891 | anachronism | out of its time place | |
| 107756892 | moniker | a nickname | |
| 107756893 | prudence | with care | |
| 107756894 | pragmatic | practical | |
| 107756895 | auspicious | favorable | |
| 107756896 | cower | crouch down in fear | |
| 107756897 | malaise | sense of discomfort | |
| 107756898 | meritorious | worthy of reward | |
| 107756899 | cogent | persuasive | |
| 107756900 | copious | a lot | |
| 107756901 | epitome | an example of a class or type | |
| 107756902 | pedestrian | ordinary | |
| 107756903 | mundane | ordinary | |
| 107756904 | banal | ordinary | |
| 107756905 | lascivious | sexual | |
| 107756906 | ennui | bored | |
| 107756907 | furtive | secretive | |
| 107756908 | enigma | a puzzle | |
| 107756909 | hirsute | hairy | |
| 107756910 | magnamious | generous | |
| 107756911 | prosaic | plain | |
| 107756912 | collude | collaborate to decieve | |
| 107756913 | nonchalent | stoic | |
| 107756914 | cahoots | peril | |
| 107756915 | ubiquitous | widespread | |
| 107756916 | imply | say through hinting at | |
| 107756917 | infer | deduce | |
| 107756918 | allegory | metaphorical story | |
| 107756919 | polemic | evokes debate | |
| 107756920 | xenophobia | fear for foreign things | |
| 107756921 | verbose | wordy | |
| 107756922 | coerce | forefully persuaded/dominated | |
| 107756923 | forlorn | hopeless/dreary/sad | |
| 107756924 | colloquial | everyday language | |
| 107756925 | onus | responsibility | |
| 107756926 | din | noise | |
| 107756927 | denote | literal definition/synonym | |
| 107756928 | connotation | deeper meaning/associations | |
| 107756929 | insolent | disrespectful | |
| 107756930 | indolent | lazy | |
| 107756931 | hackneyed | overused/cliché | |
| 107756932 | trite | overused/cliché | |
| 107756933 | neologism | not in sequence (non-sequitor) | |
| 107756934 | laconic | being very concise | |
| 107756935 | avarice | greed | |
| 107756936 | affable | friendly | |
| 107756937 | amiable | friendly | |
| 107756938 | amicable | friendly | |
| 107756939 | culpable | guilty/blameworth | |
| 107756940 | epigraph | a leading thing (poem, quote etc) into a written piece | |
| 107756941 | visceral | gutteral/nearly instinctual | |
| 107756942 | antithesis | opposite | |
| 107756943 | salient | most important or prominent | |
| 107756944 | alturism | generous | |
| 107756945 | V | 5 | |
| 107756946 | L | 50 | |
| 107756947 | C | 100 | |
| 107756948 | D | 500 | |
| 107756949 | c | 100 | |
| 107756950 | clandestine | secretive | |
| 107756951 | vigilante | person who takes the law into their own hands | |
| 107756952 | Vex | annoying | |
| 107756953 | pontificate | to speak in a pompous manner | |
| 107756954 | ardor | passion/intensity | |
| 107756955 | arduous | laborious;difficult | |
| 107756956 | augury | an indication | |
| 107756957 | paradox | self-contradictory orabsurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | |
| 107756958 | din | loud, pleasant, prolongned noise/instilled in someone thru repition | |
| 107756959 | abhorrent | inspiritng disgust and loathing | |
| 107756960 | vicariously | experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person | |
| 107756961 | adage | sayings | |
| 107756962 | aphorism | sayings | |
| 107756963 | maxim | sayings | |
| 107756964 | virtuso | person highly skilled in music or another art | |
| 107756965 | spartan | austere, harsh, bare, bleak | |
| 107756966 | harbinger | a person or thing that announces/signals the approach of another | |
| 107756967 | ephermeral | lasting for a very short time/temporary | |
| 107756968 | adacrity | the willingness to take bold risks | |
| 107756969 | abhor | regard with disgust/hatred | |
| 107756970 | tenet | a principle or belief held as true by a person or group | |
| 107756971 | aquit | free someone from a crimnal charge by a verdict of not guilty | |
| 107756972 | recluse | a hermit, person who lives a solitary life and avoids others | |
| 107756973 | exonerate | absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing | |
| 107756974 | accurue | received by someone in regular or increasing amounts of time | |
| 107756975 | flay | peel the skin (a corpse or carcass) | |
| 107756976 | prodigous | impressive or abnormal | |
| 107756977 | hamartia | a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero | |
| 107756978 | hubris | excessive pride (check in Greek Tragedy for further context) | |
| 107756979 | exposition | comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory | |
| 107756980 | enmity | being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something | |
| 107756981 | caesura | a break between words/stanzas/etc | |
| 107756982 | epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a characteristic of a person | |
| 107756983 | impious/pious | devotion to religion | |
| 107756984 | expiate | make amends or reparation for guilt or sin | |
| 107756985 | pathos | evoke pity or sadness | |
| 107756986 | sycophant | a servile flatterer, to act inferior to gain advantage | |
| 107756987 | deus ex machina | unexpected power or event; a holy intervention | |
| 107756988 | misanthropic | someone who does not like people | |
| 107756989 | diadem | tiara | |
| 107756990 | reticent | not revealting one's thoughts or feelings readily | |
| 107756991 | burgeoning | begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish | |
| 107756992 | zealous | great energy or enthusiasm ; avid; eager | |
| 107756993 | headonism | self indulgence, seek pleasure above all else | |
| 107756994 | vacillate | alternate or waver between different opinions | |
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