Grade 10 Vocabulary Bank
The Fall of the House of Usher
1. tract
an extended area of land
2. insufferable
extremely unpleasant or annoying
3. pervade
spread or diffuse through
4. utter
complete
5. lapse
a failure to maintain a higher state
6. goad
provoke as by constant criticism
7. sublime
inspiring awe
8. insoluble
admitting of no solution or explanation
9. grapple
work hard to come to terms with or deal with something
10. annihilate
kill in large numbers
11. precipitous
extremely steep
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12. sojourn
a temporary stay
13. importunate
making persistent or urgent requests
14. acute
experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
15. malady
impairment of normal physiological function
16. manifest
reveal its presence or make an appearance
17. munificent
very generous
18. trifling
not worth considering
19. paradoxical
seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
20. affinity
inherent resemblance between persons or things
21. specious
deceptively pleasing
22. phantasmagoric
characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
23. trepidation
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a feeling of alarm or dread
24. irredeemable
not capable of or subject to reform or remedy
25. pallid
deficient in color suggesting physical or emotional distress
26. inordinate
beyond normal limits
27. prevailing
most frequent or common
28. gossamer
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
29. abeyance
temporary cessation or suspension
30. enunciation
the articulation of speech with regards to intelligibility
31. modulate
adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
32. solace
the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
33. insipid
lacking taste or flavor or tang
34. anomalous
deviating from the general or common order or type
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35. abhorrence
hate coupled with disgust
36. supposititious
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
37. turret
a small tower extending above a building
38. palpable
capable of being perceived
39. emaciated
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
40. dirge
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
41. educe
construe a meaning or elicit a principle
42. hypochondriac
a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
43. fervid
characterized by intense emotion
44. allude
make an indirect reference to
45. seraph
an angel of the first order
46. rampart
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an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
47. assail
launch an attack or assault on
48. discordant
lacking in harmony
49. pertinacity
persistent determination
50. interment
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
51. inexplicable
incapable of being explained or accounted for
52. cadaverous
of or relating to a corpse
53. tempestuous
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
54. miasma
unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
55. prolixity
boring verbosity
56. anomaly
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
57. vivacity
high spirits and animation
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58. parley
a negotiation between enemies
59. prodigious
great in size, force, extent, or degree
60. variance
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
61. brazen
made of or resembling brass, as in color or hardness
62. upbraid
express criticism towards
63. ponderous
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
64. aghast
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
65. tumultuous
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
The Doll’s House
Etagere
a stand with open shelves for displaying small art objects
Admonitory
a warning
Spendthrift
someone who wastes money
Prodigal
wasteful, especially with money
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Sulky
glum, mopey, pouting
Confectioner
someone who makes or sells candy
Squander
to spend extravagantly or foolishly
Frivolous
lacking in seriousness, of little importance
Amortization
the putting aside of money at intervals, for gradual payments
Berth
job; position
Steadfast
firm; unwavering
Pensive
thinking deeply or seriously (often over said things)
Inane
silly; completely stupid
Jauntily
lively, carefree manner
Chronic
marked by long duration or frequent recurrence
Petty
not important
Subordinate
placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position
Flimsy
lacking in physical strength or substance
Shuddering
to tremble convulsively
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Tumultuous
wild and noisy
Reproach
an expression of rebuke or disapproval
Incompetent
inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose
Fathom
to comprehend
Capricious
flighty, erratic
"Four Freedoms" Speech
Commmerce
An interchange of goals.
Foothold
A place or support for the feet; a place where a person may stand or walk
Vindicate
To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion.
Constituted
To compose; form.
Pacification
To pacify (to quiet, or calm).
Unalterably
Not capable of being changed.
Assailed
To attack vigorously or violently.
Propaganda
Info, ideas or rumors spread to change one's opinion.
Discord
Lack of concord or harmony between people or things.
Gallantly
Brave, Spirited.
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Disarmament
The act or instance of disarming.
Appeasement
To bring to a state of peace, quiet, calm or contentment.
Immunity
The state of being immune (not prone to) a particular disease.
Resolute
Firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.
Harrison Burgeron
vigilence
alert attention, watchfulness
Vague
not clearly understood or expressed
marvelous
causing wonder; astonishing
calibrate
to set, standardize with accurate measurement
transmitter
A device that sends out signals in the form of radio waves.
burdened
weighed down with a heavy load
impediment
(n.) a physical defect; a burden, obstacle
cowered
crouched and trembled in fear
toying
Treating something casually or without seriousness
luminous
(adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
Hinderance
Something that delays action or progress
consternation
feelings of anxiety or confusion, typically at something unexpected
clammy
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cold, sticky, and damp to the touch
symmetry
having the same shape, size, and position on both sides of a dividing line
delicacy
A choice item of food
neutralize
to completely annihilate/no longer exsist
riveting
commanding full attention, fascinating
suspended
hanging; delayed
hobbled
to walk with a limp
capered
jumped playfully
The Blind Seer of Ambon
Luminous:
Full of or shedding light; bright or shining especially in the dark- Bright; harsh to the eye
Traversed:
Travel across or through, extend across or through
Periphery:
The outer limits or edge of an area or object.
Incoherent:
Expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear
George Orwell’s 1984
Indoctrinate
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to teach a one-sided view of something and ignore or dismiss opinions that don't agree with
your view.
Vaporize
to evaporate and turn into gas.
Garbled
reproduce(a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.
Jostle
push, elbow, or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd
Camaraderie
a spirit of good friendship and loyalty among members of a group.
Venerate
to worship, adore, be in awe of.
Embesszlement
the fraudulent appropriation of funds of property entrusted to your care but actually
owned by someone else.
Sinecure
an office that involves minimal duties
Compendium
a comprehensive collection of something
Corrugated
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
Lassitude
weariness or lack of interest
Pedantic
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching
Proletarian
working class, blue collar, plebeian; not aristocratic
Gambol
to run around playing excitedly, play boisterously.
Equivocal
open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often)
intended to mislead.
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Nostalgia
a sense of longing for the past
Grovel
to beg like a hungry dog
Alcove
a small recess opening off a larger room
Repudiate
to reject something, or to refuse to accept or support it
Specious
an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so.
Shirk
to avoid dealing with responsibilities
Axiom
logic- a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be
self evident.
Jargon
the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession.
Furtive
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
Impregnable
not easily taken by force, can stand up to any attack
Eccentricity
strange, out of the ordinary, sometimes weirdly attractive behavior or dress
Sordid
foul and run down and repulsive
Entail
involve something as a necessary or inevitable part of consequence
Beget
to generate something, usually children, can be used to refer to the role of either a mother
or a father
Subordinate
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an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Proprietor
one who owns a business or a property
Conspicuous
without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
Jest
activity characterized by good humor
Niggle
worry unnecessarily or excessively
Expropriate
the act of taking people's property, usually by a government
Simian
monkey or ape-like
Execrate
to curse or declare to be evil or threaten with divine punishment
Saccharine
too sweet and sentimental to bear
Disseminate
to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely.
Fecundity
fruitfulness and fertility, the ability to
produce abundant healthy growth or
offspring
Titular
holding or constituting a purely formal
position or title without any real authority
Fatuous
lacking intelligence
Tepid
lukewarm or half-hearted
Inimical
to be harmful, antagonistic, or opposed to
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Adulation
servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical
praise
Preponderance
exceeding in heaviness; having greater
weight
Obeisance
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
Extricate
release from entanglement of difficulty
Debauch
corrupt morally or by intemperance or
sensuality
Dilapidated
Falling down and in total disrepair
A vocabulary word list for 1984 - Nineteen Eighty-Four appears in order of
appearance:
Part I
I: depict, simultaneously, predicament, interminable, unorthodox, renegade, polysyllabic,
refute, flog, inscrutable
II: discountenanced, gamboling, saboteur, raspingly, reverberate
III: reproach, fathom, disdain, annihilate, repudiate, shrewish
IV: orifice, collate, multifarious, kaleidoscope, denounce, implicate
V: hoard, remorselessly, venerate, heretic, catapult, irrepressible, proliferate
VI: debauchery, promiscuity, aquiline
VII: jostle, flog, listless, incriminate, posterity, stratum
VIII: balminess, sordid, altercation, meditatively, innumerable, cumbersome, officiousness,
unprocurable
Part II
I: niggling, hallucination, malignant, guise
II: dapple, swine, strenuousness
III: demeanor, stagnant, commodity, chastity
IV: inconceivable, eccentricity, unendurable
V: effigies, rowdy, indignation, perish, mutability
VI: invariably
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VII: queue, intermittent, luminous, scrounge, pathos, remonstrance, proles
VIII: intimidate, wainscoting, salutation, allusion
IX: fretted, voluptuous, reprisal, fecundity, dilapidated, ravage, austere, spurious,
preponderance, tacitly, ruminant, plunder, irrevocable, irreconcilable, recurrence,
hierarchy, infallible, oligarchical, scrutinize, dissipate, repression
X: supple, reverence
Part III
I: gnawing, peddler, timorously, irony
II: sabotage, truncheon, embezzlement, inquisitor, despicable
III: bludgeon, forlorn, degradation
IV: taut, improvisation
V: interpose
VI: haggling, digression, tiddlywinks
Holt Vocabulary Fourth Course
Lesson 1
Acquittal
noun: a setting free by judgment of a court; a release from a duty or obligation
Assert
verb: to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights)
Condescend
verb: to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you
Contemptuous
adjective: showing or feeling scorn/hatred
Elite
adjective: of or suitable for a select group; noun: a group or part of a group regarded as
the best, most skilled, most powerful
Evolve
verb: to develop gradually by process of growth and change
Fortitude
noun: patient courage in facing pain or danger
Inarticulate
adjective: unable to speak understandably or effectively; unable to say what one thinks
Mentor
noun: a wise and trusted teacher; a counselor
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Notoriety
noun: fame, usually in an unfavorable sense
Lesson 2
analogy
n. a likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison
antiquity
n .ancient times, a thing or people of ancient times' the quality of being ancient
electorate
n .all persons having the right to vote
ethical
adj. pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral;
Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong
excerpt
n. a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract;
v. to take out or select passages. to quote
heresy
n. a belief different from accepted doctrine(fact)
paternal
adj. inherited from or related through one's father;fatherly.
pauper
n. a person who is very poor, especially one dependent upon public charity
posthumous
adj. coming after death
prophetic
adj.relating to someone or something that foretells events
Lesson 3
malleable
adj. capable of being shaped by hammering or pressing; having the capacity to be changed
easily; adaptive
amiable
adj. friendly; agreeable; good-natured; pleasant
vibrant
adj. vibrating rapidly, energetic
melodramatic
adj. overly dramatic, emotional, or sentimental
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grimace
v. to make a face showing pain, annoyance, and the like; n. a twisting of the face to show
pain, annoyance, and the like
indomitable
adj. unconquerable; unyielding; not easily overcome
succumb
v. to die; to yield or give in to an overpowering force or desire
bayou
n. a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake, especially in parts of the southern United
States
whimsical
adj. full of curious ideas or notions; odd, often in an amusing way; fanciful
visage
n. a face or a facial expression; appearance
lesson 4
Apprehensive
(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future
Callous
(adj.) emotionally hardened, unfeeling;
Commendable
(adj.) praiseworthy; deserving approval or credit
Indignant
(adj.) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean
Ineffectual
adj. not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect.
Judicious
(adj.) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible
Mystic
(adj.) mysterious; (n.) a person who believes that truth or God can best be known through
spiritual insight or experience
Paraphrase
(v.) to restate in other words; (n.)a statement that presents a given idea in new language
Personification
(n.) a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human
characteristics
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Verbatim
(adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken
Lesson 5
Invariably
adj. continually; perpetually; constantly; always
Proximity
n. nearness; closeness ;a neighboring area
Affiliated
n.an associated person or organization;a member;v.to join or unite with a larger body
Rejuvenate
v.to make young or vigorous again;to give youthful qualities to
Portly
Adj.comfortably fat or stout;large and heavy in a stately and dignified way
Encumbered
v.to hinder;to obstruct;to burden
Unprecedented
adj.never done or known before;without previous example
Exalted
adj.overjoyed with excitement;raised in status or rank;elevated in style or tone
Pompous
adj;overly dignified;self-important; characterized by exaggerated stateliness,as in speech
or manner
Plausible
adj.appearing to be true;reasonable;seeming to be logical to correct
Lesson 6
insipid
adj. flavorless; dull or unexciting; lifeless
painstaking
adj. very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
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deteriorate
v. to become worse or less valuable; to diminish
lament
v. to feel deep sorrow; to express sorrow or mourning for; to grieve; n. an expression of
grieve; a song or poem expressing grief
compassion
n. pity for someone else's suffering, along with a desire to help
discern
v. to detect with one of the senses, to notice; to recognize as different or to identify as
separate; to come to know mentally, to judge
repress
v. to restrain; to keep or put down
loathe
v. to feel intense dislike or hatred; to detest
composure
n. self-possession; tranquility
atrocious
adj. exceedingly bad; wicked or cruel; abominable
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