Spring Semester
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A quiz after every fourth-ish list
SAT style—specifically geared for SAT
improvement
L McCue: “There’s an app for that”
You should be able to earn an A on every one
of them!!
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an opponent or enemy that is likely to be
impossible for you to defeat, or a situation
that is likely to be impossible for you to deal
with
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A lack of something
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certain to happen and impossible to avoid
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disagreement or arguing between people; an
unpleasant sound made by a group of musical
notes that do not go together well
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willing to show that you care about someone
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thinking sadly about something you would
like to have but cannot have, especially
something that you used to have in the past
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the quality of expressing something in very
few words
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extremely annoying or unpleasant
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florid language, music, or art has a lot of extra
unnecessary details or decorations; a florid
face is red in color
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the quality that something has when it is
difficult to understand or difficult to see
through
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11 words this week!
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too slight or unimportant to have any effect
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achieving the opposite result to the one that
you want
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An event, change, or decision is very
important because it will have a great
influence on the future
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kind and generous, especially to someone
that you have defeated; free from
resentfulness or vindictiveness
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based on scientific testing or practical
experience, not on ideas; a quack, charalatan
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someone who has a strong unreasonable fear
of something
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ideas or plans are not practical and are based
on unreasonable hopes of improving the
world; romantic, visionary; impulsive,
unpredictable
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to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a
period of time
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to assert without proof
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to find out something
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openness to bribery or corruption
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(adj) large, impressive, or expensive
(v) to give someone or something a lot of
love, praise, money etc
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The condition of being excessively fat, obese
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to make someone feel annoyed or worried
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to exist in very large numbers
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making you think of something; smelling
strongly of something
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relating to or affecting your brain; having or
involving complicated ideas rather than
strong emotions
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making you feel calm and relaxed; relating to
the treatment or cure of an illness
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to gradually make someone or something
less strong or effective
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to be legally or officially taken away from you
as a punishment
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to greatly increase your effort as you try to do
something
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11 words!
Quiz on List 1-3 next Friday!
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to speak in a loud angry way, often for a long
time, in order to criticize someone or to
persuade them that you are right
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language or behavior that shows a lack of
control which other people think is
unacceptable
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doing something that is intended to make
someone stop arguing with you
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if your speech or movements are halting, you
stop for a moment between words or
movements, especially because you are not
confident
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A person, thing or organization is strong and
not likely to have problems; showing
determination or strong opinions; strong
flavor (as in food)
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A remark, argument etc. that is too simple
and shows a lack of careful thought or
understanding; achievement or success that
has been obtained too easily and has no value
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giving orders and expecting to be obeyed, in
a way that seems too proud
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showing no emotion or reaction in the
expression so that it is impossible to know
what they are feeling or thinking
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friendly and pleasantly cheerful
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very loud and emotional behaviour that is
intended to get sympathy and attention used to show disapproval
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very concerned about someone's safety,
health, or comfort
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Vocab Quiz (SAT fill-in-the-blank style) next
Friday
Lists 1-5
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when someone or something is cheerful and
fun
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to defeat or control a person or group,
especially using force; to prevent your
emotions from showing or being too strong
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continuing or existing for only a short time
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very easy to notice; great and impressive
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soft and moving easily in the way that you
want; easily influenced and controlled by
others
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relating to trees, or living in trees
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in a way that shows you do not know or
realize something
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to make someone feel embarrassed or
nervous so that they cannot do or say what
they want to; to prevent something from
growing or developing well
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difficult to find or not often seen; hard to
achieve; difficult to describe or understand
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to praise something very much
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to officially criticize someone for something
they have done wrong
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relating to the position of being governor
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willing to use power and influence in a
dishonest way in return for money
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behaving as if you want to keep something
secret
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continuing or existing for only a short period
of time; always on the move
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interested in your own group, country, way of
life etc and no others (- connotation); relating
to an island
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someone who makes decisions and gives
orders to people without asking them for
their opinion; a ruler who has complete
power over a country
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someone who pretends to like an important
person and does things for them, so that that
person will help them (- connotation)
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someone who knows a lot about something
such as art, food, or music
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praise and admiration for someone that is
more than they really deserve
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someone who praises powerful people too
much because they want to get something
from them (- connotation)
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not caring that other people are suffering
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relating to growing crops
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a liquid that is thick and sticky and does not
flow easily
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when someone or something shows great
knowledge and understanding, or strong,
serious feelings
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the way in which the level of your voice
changes in order to add meaning to what you
are saying; the playing or singing of correct
musical notes
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produced or existing in large quantities
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something done to make a bad situation
seem better, but which does not solve the
problem; in medicine, treatment that will not
cure but ease the pain
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to decrease in value, price or importance
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very willing to take disagreements to a court
of law (- connotation)
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a book that contains a complete collection of
facts, drawings etc on a particular subject
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an unusual habit or way of behaving that
someone has
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completely lacking in something
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to deliberately try to influence or change a
situation that does not concern you, or that
you do not understand
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to delay or avoid making a decision in order
to gain time
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lack of intelligent, interesting, or serious
thought
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a romantic or sexual relationship between
two people that is not considered serious
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not suitable or well-chosen; not happy
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a man who behaves in a very rude way
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involving or accomplished with careful
perseverance; diligent in application or
pursuit
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behaving in an unreasonably impatient and
angry way, like a child
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(n) a soldier who fights for any country or
group that will pay him; (adj) only interested
in the money you may be able to get from a
person, job etc
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a way of expressing love and emotions that
seems silly or insincere
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done very quickly without much attention to
details
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to officially state in a special religious
ceremony that a place or building is holy and
can be used for religious purposes
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careless because you did not do something
that you ought to have done
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to encourage an attitude or feeling and make
it stronger
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Vocab Mid-Term to Thursday, May 2
 ALL 10 Honors words
 ALL of this year’s words!
EGADS!!!
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to end a situation in which people are
behaving violently or protesting, especially by
using force; to reduce or stop unpleasant
feelings such as fear, doubt, or worry
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too great to be described in words
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showing a lot of skill; complete
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based on a reasonable belief about what is
likely to be true
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damaging or harmful
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when you are loyal to a person, an
organization, or something that you believe
in (relationships; literature)
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a very clear sign that a system, method etc is
very bad or very wrong
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to divide into clearly separate groups with
opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to
make people do this
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a speech or piece of writing in which you
praise someone or something very much,
especially at a funeral
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considering a person or thing as a whole,
rather than as separate parts