Details Title: 10th Grade Vocabulary Exam Description: Vocab. Exam Total Flash Cards: 100 Created: 06/02/2008 12:21:19		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional English Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term laconic Definition expressing much in few words Term incongruous Definition having inconsistant elements Term solace Definition comfort Term clandestine Definition hidden/secret Term chagrin Definition dissapointment Term respite Definition postponment Term ubiquitous Definition being everywhere at once Term salient Definition outstanding Term surreptitious Definition accomplish by secret Term antithesis Definition exact opposite Term perpetrate Definition commit Term concoct Definition devise Term hoax Definition a trick Term gullible Definition easily fooled Term labyrinth Definition winding passages Term component Definition element, part Term impeccable Definition faultless Term evaluate Definition find the value of, review Term murky Definition dark, obscure Term resourceful Definition able to meet any situation Term buff Definition a fan, follower, enthusiast Term conjugal Definition relating to marraige Term barometer Definition instrument for mesuring change Term irrelevant Definition not related to the subject Term modify Definition to change Term spontaneous Definition on the spur of the moment Term crave Definition to desire Term romp Definition to move in a lively manner Term deem Definition believe to judge Term abortive Definition fruitless, failing Term parsimonious Definition miserly Term megalomania Definition abnormal desire for power Term legion Definition large number Term dismantle Definition take apart, disassemble Term blunt Definition plain spoken Term restrictive Definition harsh, confining Term underwrite Definition agree to finance Term coup Definition revolution, overthrow Term strife Definition unrest, discord Term fiat Definition an official order, decree Term pesky Definition annoying Term reviled Definition scolded Term edifice Definition building Term omnivorous Definition eating any kind of food Term derogatory Definition expressing low opinion Term indict Definition accuse Term disparate Definition different Term nebulous Definition vague, not clear Term sultry Definition torrid Term repose Definition state of rest Term salvation Definition deliverance from ruin Term materialism Definition concern with possessions Term ponder Definition to consider carefully Term lush Definition luxurious Term nurture Definition nourish Term metamorphosis Definition change Term scion Definition descendant Term ascetic Definition she who practices self-denial Term disciple Definition follower Term nirvana Definition heavenly place Term cope Definition to be a match for Term delude Definition to fool Term demur Definition to object Term prelude Definition introduction Term fabricate Definition to lie Term juxapose Definition to place side by side Term cumulative Definition accumulated Term covert Definition secret Term escalation Definition intensification Term potential Definition possible Term maladjusted Definition disturbed Term decade Definition ten years Term mortality Definition death Term analogous Definition comparable, similar Term mandate Definition athorative command Term enunciate Definition to utter, proclaim Term susceptible Definition easily affected Term catastrophic Definition disastrous Term gamut Definition range Term pedagogue Definition teacher Term bizarre Definition weird Term inanimate Definition without life Term artifact Definition hand-made object Term taint Definition contaminate Term vulnerable Definition able to be hurt Term anthropologist Definition a person who studies man's customs Term abusurd Definition rediculous Term bigot Definition one who is not tolerant with other's ideas Term abhor Definition to utterly hate Term originate Definition begin, arise Term awesome Definition inspiring terror, weird Term debris Definition ruins, fragments Term obliterate Definition wipe out, erase Term eruption Definition bursting out Term sage Definition wise man, philosopher Term initiate Definition set going, start Term longevity Definition long duration of life Term puny Definition weak, unimportant Term dispersed Definition broken up, scattered, spread Term hoard Definition accumulate, save, store up