English 12 – Week 1 Vocabulary
1. Anguish (n): severe mental or physical pain or suffering
2. Barracks (n): a building or group of buildings used to house soldiers or large numbers of people
3. Convict (v): to declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or the decision
of a judge in a court of law
4. Divine (adj.): of, from, or like God or a god; excellent, delightful
5. Edict (n): an official statement, order, or proclamation issued by a person in authority; a law
6. Liberate (v): to set (someone) free from a situation, esp. imprisonment or slavery
7. Meager (n): lacking in quantity or quality
8. Pestilential (adj.): filled with disease; relating to, or tending to cause infectious diseases
9. Pillage (v): to rob or steal using violence
10. Premonition (n): a strong feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something unpleasant
English 12 – Week 2 Vocabulary
1. Blandishments (n): a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone to do something
2. Contagion (n): an influence that spreads rapidly; the communication of disease from one person to
another by close contact
3. Crucible (n): a container for cooking at high heat; a place or occasion of severe test or trial
4. Emaciated (adj.): marked by abnormal thinness caused by starvation or disease
5. Encumbrance (n): a burden or impediment
6. Indeterminate (adj.): vague, not established or defined, not fixed in advance
7. Inert (adj.): lacking the ability or strength to move
8. Rivet (v) to hold attention tightly, as if physically attached
9. Semblance (n): outward appearance, but with a sense of falsity
10. Vigilance (n): state of extreme watchfulness for possible danger or difficulties
English 12 – Week 3 Vocabulary
1. Archetype (n) - a very typical example of a certain person or thing
2. Deleterious (adj.) - causing harm or damage
3. Feckless (adj.) - lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible
4. Gauche (adj.) - lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward
5. Incentive (n) - a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something
6. Inculcate (v) - instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction
7. Loquacious (adj.) - tending to talk a great deal; talkative
8.Precedent (n) – an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
9. Recapitulate (v) - summarize and state again the main points of
10. Vehement (adj.) - showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense
English 12 – Week 4 Vocabulary
1. Ajar (adj.) - (of a door or other opening) slightly open
2. Circumnavigate (v) - sail all the way around; to go around or across something
3. Evanescent (adj.) - soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
4. Facetious (adj.) - treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
5. Malleable (adj.) - easily influenced; pliable
6. Omnipotent (adj.) - having unlimited power; able to do anything
7. Penury (n) - extreme poverty; destitution
8. Supercilious (adj.) - behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
9. Taxonomy (n) - the classification of something, esp. organisms
10. Unctuous (adj.) - (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering
English 12 – Week 5 Vocabulary
1. Abrogate (v) - repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)
2. Cadaverous (adj.) - resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
3. Disseminate (v) - spread or disperse (something, esp. information) widely
4. Gist (n) - the substance or essence of a speech or text
5. Hackneyed (adj.) - lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
6. Implicit (adj.) - implied though not plainly expressed
7. Palpable (adj.) - able to be touched or felt
8. Subjugate (v) - bring under domination or control, esp. by conquest
9. Vulnerable (adj.) - susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm
10. Winsome (adj.) - attractive or appealing in appearance or character
English 12 – Week 6 Vocabulary
1. Beseech (v) - ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore
2. Concoct (v) – to make by combining various ingredients; create or devise
3. Drivel (n) - nonsense; saliva from the mouth
4. Enamored (v) – to be filled with a feeling of love for something or someone
(Example: It is not difficult to see why Edward is enamored of her.)
5. Grisly (adj.) - causing horror or disgust
6. Liability (n) - the state of being responsible for something, esp. by law
7. Motif (n) - a distinctive/repetitive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition
8. Soporific (adj.) - tending to induce drowsiness or sleep; sleepy or drowsy
9. Torpid (adj.) - mentally or physically inactive; dormant; lethargic
10. Unkempt (adj.) - having an untidy or disheveled appearance
English 12 – Week 7 Vocabulary
1. Astute (adj.) - having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people; shrewd
2. Culminate (v) –to reach a climax or point of highest development
3. Delineate (v) –to describe or portray (something) precisely
4. Elicit (v) –to evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone
5. Interloper (n) - a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted
6. Mimic (v) - to imitate (someone or their actions or words), typically in order to entertain or ridicule
7. Prerogative (n) - a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class
8. Punitive (adj.) - inflicting or intended as punishment
9. Sustainable (adj.) - able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
10. Utilize (v) –to make practical and effective use of