Vocabulary Words 3rdSix Weeks—Test Wednesday November 16th/Thursday November 17th

Word, Part of Speech, and Definition / Example in a Sentence
Abstain: (v) to hold oneself back voluntarily; go without; withdraw / Many people chose to abstain in the vote on the government's final budget today.
Abstemious: (adj) sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet / The variety of different foods will satisfy both the abstemious snacker and the diner hungry for a full meal.
Abstruse: (adj) difficult to understand; obscure / Despite its success, readers confessed to difficulty in grasping Frankenstein’s more abstruse concepts.
Blight:(n) any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration / Extravagance was the blight of the Bluth family.
Blithe: (adj) without thought or regard; carefree / Mary was loved for her blithe spirit.
Blunderbuss: (n) an insensitive, blundering person / Carl is such a blunderbuss that instead of adding three cups of flour to the batter, he spilled it all over his clothes.
Credulous:(adj) willing to believe or trust too readily; gullible / He sold miracle cures to desperate and credulous clients.
Crepuscular:(adj) active at dawn and dusk / Bats are generally crepuscular and nocturnal.
Cringe:(v) to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower / I cringe just thinking about.
Enshroud: (v) to cover / All of a sudden the group was enshrouded in the fog as they approach Niagara Falls.
Enunciation: (n) articulation, clear pronunciation, / Enunciation is key when giving a presentation
Envenom: (v) to fill with bitterness or bad feeling / The injustices envenomed her even more that she did not want to vote for any of the candidates.
Haughty: (adj) proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant / The king is looking for people whose hearts are not haughty but humble before him.
Headstrong: (adj) determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn / Maggie is a very headstrong, confident woman who is determined to succeed.
Hedonism: (n) devotion to pleasure as a way of life / Roman emperors, especially Julius Caesar, were notorious for their hedonism.
Lachrymose: (adj)given to shedding tears readily; tearful / The lachrymose child cried all day about how he missed his mother.
Lackluster: (adj) dull; monotonous; bland / The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film.
Obfuscate: (v) to make obscure or unclear / The clouds obfuscated the sky to where you could not see the stars at night.
Objective: (adj) not influenced by personal feelings or interpretations; based on facts; unbiased / Mary had an objective opinion about the case since she never heard of the company before.
Word, Part of Speech, and Definition / Example in a Sentence
Plethora: (n) overabundance; excess / Manhattan contains a plethora of restaurants and tourist facilities.
Pliable: (adj) easily bent; flexible / Putty contains drying oils which are necessary in order for the compound to remain pliable.
Repudiate: (v) to reject with disapproval or condemnation / The senator repudiated his aide's comments on immigration..
Rescind: (v) retract; repeal / The court found in favor of the plaintiffs, and the NCAA immediately rescinded the rule.
Tedium: (n) the state of being bored or the quality of being boring; boredom / The tedium of the lecture caused me to fall asleep in the back of the class.
Temper: (v) to moderate; to soften or tone down / When Joe made the elite soccer club, his mother’s enthusiasm was tempered by the knowledge that it was going to cost her a fortune.
Word, Part of Speech, and Definition / Example in a Sentence
1st Six Weeks SAT Vocabulary Words
Abhor: (v)to hate, detest / We do not prosecute people simply for doing something that we abhor.
Abrasive: (adj) rough, coarse, harsh / Polish is a mild abrasive and can help to remove stains and water spots.
Bigot: (n)narrow-minded, prejudice person / Many of his political opponents consider him a racist bigot.
Counterfeit: (adj) fake, false / The thief did not realize that the jewels he stole were counterfeit.
Engender: (v) to bring about, create, generate / It is the sort of building that has often engendered great pride in the people who use it.
Hamper: (v) to hold back, hinder, obstruct / High winds could hamper the attempts to fight the forest fire.
Harangue: (n) a ranting speech / Under the scathing criticism of the opposition, the pent-up fury of the original speaker vented itself into a fiery harangue.
Nuance: (n) a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression / In order to know whether or not someone is lying, you need to look closely at the nuances in their speech and body language.
Placid: (adj) calm; peaceful / The water was uncharacteristically placid this morning; there was hardly a ripple across its surface.
Talisman: (n) lucky charm / The angel gave instructions for a magical talisman with which they could contact the spirit world more easily.
2nd Six Weeks SAT Vocabulary Words
Absolution: (n) the act of setting free from obligation or consequence of guilt; pardon / Wracked with grief and remorse, Julian traveled to Rome seeking absolution.
Word, Part of Speech, and Definition / Example in a Sentence
Blasphemy: (n) speech which offend religious sentiments (attitudes) / He also had committed blasphemy by threatening the uniqueness of God's presence.
Blatant: (adj) obvious / Despite a pretty blatant title, the film is not constituted entirely by large amounts of violence.
Enigma:(n) something obscure or hard to understand; puzzle; mystery / Much research is still to be done to resolve the enigma of learning styles.
Harbinger: (n) one that announces or foreshadows what is coming / Sally believes that Saturday night's misfortune is the harbinger of things to come.
Hasten: (v) to move or act quickly; hurry / For the ease of your mind, I hasten to tell you why.
Laceration: (n) a torn or ragged wound; a cut / Sue ran over some broken glass which caused a deep laceration on the bottom of her foot.
Nullify: (v) to declare or make legally invalid or void / We need to nullify that contract to make sure that the correct party is awarded the money.
Plausible:(adj) seemly worthy of belief; reasonable / I am indeed grateful to Donald for clarifying matters for me with an explanation that appears plausible.
Reprehensible:(adj) deserving blame or censure / The antics of the committee were so reprehensible from all sides of the argument that the witnesses were genuinely shocked.

The following words will be on the Macbeth unit test on Wednesday, Dec. 7th/Thursday, Dec. 8th and not on the vocabulary test on 11/16 or 11/17.

Word, Part of Speech, and Definition / Example in a Sentence
Appall:(v) to fill with horror; shock or dismay / David was appalled by the damage from the fire.
Appease: (v) to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, or calm; soothe / Jonathan wanted to appease King Edward so he would not angry anymore.
Carouse: (v) to engage in a drunken revel / Steven and his friends caroused the night before the final exams.
Diminutive: (adj) small; little; tiny / Although her size was diminutive, Kimberly looked like a queen in her costume.
Eminence: (n) high station, rank, or repute / The king’s eminence was clear by the clothes he wore and the horse he rode.
Malice: (n) desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness / In the judge's opinion, the accusation did not amount to a deliberate plan to use targeted malice to close the company.
Minion: (n) a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power / Vivian treats her servant Ivan like a minion all the time.
Oblivious: (adj) unmindful; unconscious; unaware / She was oblivious of his admiration.
Prophetic: (adj) of the nature of or containing a prediction / With almost prophetic accuracy, Lenin warned of two great dangers he thought could jeopardize the regime.

Parts of speech abbreviations: (adj)=adjective (n)=noun (v)=verb