Honors English II - Vocab Unit 3

(adj) warm and cheerful

(adj) social and talkative

(adv) concealed, disguised, or secretly

(adj) kind, patient, and generous

(adj) carefree; merry

(n) a group of things

(v) to quicken the occurrence of something

(n) a strong feeling of dislike

(n) the right to vote

(n) a sudden feeling of anxiety

(adj) a great clatter

(adj) overbearing

(adj) a state of disrepair; fallen to decay

(adj) excessive; unnecessary

(adj) avoidable

(n) generosity in forgiving

(adj) tending to promote

(n) future generations

(n) cheerful, readiness, or liveliness

(n) ornamental work of fine metal; brass, silver

(v) to guess

(adj) limited; having boundaries

(n) temporary inactivity

(n) a statement declared in court; a judicial declaration

(adv) immediately

(n) to swing back and forth

(v) to wipe out

(adj) inexpressible

(n) a preexisting preference

(adj) charming

(adj/noun- gerund) false appearance

(n) false statement meant to destroy a reputation

(n) teaching by repetition

(n) the act of appeasing

(adj) morally unrestrained

(n) extreme paleness in the face

(v) to make better

(adv) with great enthusiasm

(noun) a fundamental principle

(noun) a gesture of respect

(noun) the study of religion

(verb) to draw back in fear

(adverb) with great care

(noun) something that causes disgust or hatred

(noun) curse against god

(adj) unable to perceive

(adv) respectfully

(n) the act of remaining anonymous

(adj) argumentative

(noun) sworn testimony signed under oath

(adj) extraordinary in size

(n) shameless boldness

(adj) confused; bewildered

full of

able to

process of

(adv) skeptically

(v) to become pale or whiten by surprise or shock

(adv) wide open

(adj) to appease or to calm

(v) to deceive; charm through trickery

(n) an awkward struggle

(n) returning an attack

(adj) refusing to change one's mind; unyielding

(v) to cling to something