Austin English 2A 2023-24 Semester 1 Vocab

(verb) to hate or strongly dislike

(adj.) believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

(noun) an uproar, a great commotion

(adj.) failing to take proper care in doing something

(noun) the ruler or leader of a political region

(verb) to replace; to take the place of

(adj.) common; not extraordinary

(adj.) sounding harsh or disagreeable

(noun) one who takes part in forcible opposition to the authorities of a place; a revolutionary

(noun) the hatred of man or mankind

(verb) to carry someone away against his/her will

(adj.) unclear; uncertain

(adj.) the second to last member of a series

(noun) a city inhabited by the deceased and/or dead

(noun) a group of written lines usually forming one of a series of similar divisions within a poem

(noun) anything that provides shelter or defense

(verb) to reveal in trust or confidence

(adj.) captivated, fixated, held under any powerful influence

(adj.) ill-proportioned, odd or unnatural in shape or appearance

(noun) the process of releasing any strong or overpowering emotions

(verb) to place close together; to closely compare

(adj.) no longer practiced or accepted; out of date

(verb) to approve authoritatively

(noun) a lack of something, especially something essential or desirable

(adj.) prevailing among animals

(noun) the defining characteristics of a generation; the things that stand out about a generation

(verb) to court a person; to flirt romantically

(noun) deviation/outlier from the norm

(adj.) having unlimited or infinite knowledge

(adj.) lacking excitement, dull, boring

(noun) the process of cutting off, as if in a surgical procedure

(verb) to punish or reprimand

(adj.) a large, indefinite number or amount

(adj.) socially active; not habitually solitary; friendly

(adj.) containing dissimilar elements; composed of different kinds of ingredients

(noun) a picture or description in which natural features are greatly exaggerated

(adj.) immense, great

(noun) a tomb or burial place

(adj.) extremely sad or disheartened

(verb) to express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, visible form

(adj.) extremely strict or harsh

(noun) the place of where one lives

(noun) the art of public speaking

(noun) the ability to reflect sound; the ability to produce an echo

(verb) to fill with an overflowing abundance; to flood, to overwhelm

(noun) a thing or event that exists/goes before another

(verb) to bruise by striking

(adj.) having and demonstrating a loud, expressive nature; aggressive, war-like

(verb) to act as a negotiator between two parties

(noun) a liar, an impostor, or a fraud

(noun) the outer skin layer of someone or something

(verb) to seperate, break, or fracture violently

(adj.) the belief in only one true god or diety

(adj.) governed by good moral standards

(adj.) very small in size or stature

(verb) to build up or strengthen, especially with regard to morality

(adj.) greasy, oily, describing someone/a person who is overly flattering

(noun) the quality of being lively and/or animated

(verb) to treat a baby or a young child

(noun) light, mocking banter or mockery

(noun) the act of lying under oath

(adj.) strongly harmful and/or dangerous

(adj.) enthusiastic, excited, delighted

(verb) to strengthen, as with truth or conviction; to go along with or to agree

(verb) to attack with arguments or accusations

(noun) an idea or feeling that goes along with a word, in addition to its real/literal meaning

(noun) a brief account of an interesting event or occurence

(adj.) roomy, having plenty of space, spacious

(noun) any unsound or illogical mode of reasoning

(adj.) superior in rank, title, number, influence, effectiveness, degree, etc.

(adj.) lower in rank or position, under the control of another person or governing body, inferior/second fiddle to something or somebody

(noun) a government in which priests rule in the name of a god or gods

(noun) a person who embodies a spirit, a quality, or a diety/god

(noun) the repition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words, similar to a tongue twister

(adj.) full of offensive and aggressive conceit or self-interest

(verb) to recover after a sickness

(noun) an implication, suggestion, or insinuation

(adj.) originating naturally from a certain place; native to a certain place

(noun) something that exists at the wrong time period/moment

(adj.) selfish, vain, self-centered

(verb) to free from sin, penalties, or punishments; to forgive anything wrongdoings

(noun) the act of bending

(adj.) biting or prone to biting

(noun) contemptous ridicule; mean-spirited mockery

(verb) to cause to occur at the exact same time, rate, or at once

(adj.) burdensome or oppressive

(noun) the act of blessing someone or something

(adj.) morally corrupt, wicked

(noun) something cursed or held in abomination

(adj.) very happy or pleased

(noun) a washing or cleansing, especially of the body

(verb) to engage to be married

(noun) hard, dull, constant work

(noun) a wrongly given name or title

(noun) a list of people who have died in a place or time period

(adj.) resembling a corpse

(adj.) existing for only a short time

(noun) the lowest point

(verb) to make void from a position of authority; to revoke

(adj.) pertaining to a period of a hundred years