TKAM VOCAB

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  1. definition
  2. part of speech
  3. usage
  4. tense

* You will have to be able to USE these words, not just memorize them.

LIST 1:

assuagedapothecaryunsulliedambled

eccentricmalevolentconcededcontemptuous

compromisephenomena

LIST 2:

mimosainquisitiveascertainramshackle

unfathomableaccostedpilgrimageperpetrated

adjacentlingered

LIST 3:

feebleerratically taciturnpulpit

impedimentaecclesiasticalakimboimpudent

profaneimpassive

LIST 4:

dictumtemerityindignantiota

sulkyconnivedirasciblefurtive

floridsqualid

TKAM vocab LIST ONE

ASSUAGE

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–verb (used with object), -suaged, -suag⋅ing.

1. / to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
2. / to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
3. / to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger

ECCENTRIC

–adjective

- noun, -ity

1. / deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.

COMPROMISE

–noun

1. / a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
2. / an endangering, esp. of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc.: a compromise of one's integrity.

APOTHECARY

–noun, plural -car⋅ies.

1. / a druggist; a pharmacist.

MALEVOLENT

–adjective

1. / wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.

PHENOMENA

–noun, plural for phenomenon

1. / something that is impressive or extraordinary; an unusual occurrence

UNSULLIED

-adjective

1. / spotlessly clean and fresh; the unsullied snow of mountains
2. / (of reputation) free from blemishes; an untarnished reputation; his unsullied name

CONCEDED

–verb, -noun concession

1. / to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
2. / to acknowledge (an opponent's victory, score, etc.) before it is officially established: to concede an election before all the votes are counted.

AMBLED

–verb

1. / to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.

CONTMEPTUOUS

–adjective, noun contempt

1. showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful. – despising something

TKAM vocab LIST TWO

MIMOSA

–noun

1. / any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.

UNFATHOMABLE

-adjective

1. Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible; difficult to measure

ADJACENT

–adjective

1. / lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
2. / just before, after, or facing:

INQUISITIVE

–adjective

- adv, -ly

-noun, -ness

1. / given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
2. / unduly or inappropriately curious; prying.

ACCOSTED

-verb

1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

LINGER

–verb (used without object) –ed -ing

1. / to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
2. / to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing, etc.: She lingered a few months after the heart attack. Such practices still linger among the older natives.
3. / to dwell in contemplation, thought, or enjoyment: to linger over the beauty of a painting.
4. / to be tardy in action; delay; dawdle: to linger in discharging one's duties.
5. / to walk slowly; saunter along.

ASCERTAIN

–verb (used with object)

1. / to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.

PILGRIMAGE

–noun

1. / a journey, esp. a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion

RAMSHACKLE

–adjective

loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky

PERPETRATE

–verb (used with object), -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing.

1. / to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
2. / to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy?

TKAM vocab LIST THREE

FEEBLE

–adjective,(-bler, -blest –ish) fee⋅ble⋅ness, noun feebly, adverb

1. / physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
2. / weak intellectually or morally: a feeble mind.
3. / lacking in volume, loudness, brightness, distinctness, etc.: a feeble voice; feeble light.
4. / lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness: feeble resistance; feeble arguments.

IMPEDIMENTA

–plural noun

baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army

PROFANE

–adjective

1. / not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular (opposed to sacred ).
2. / common or vulgar.

–verb (used with object)

3. / to misuse (anything that should be held in reverence or respect); defile; debase; employ basely or unworthily.

ERRATICALLY -adverb

Erratic - adjective

1. / deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric; queer: erratic behavior.

ECCLESIASTICAL

adjective

of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.

IMPASSIVE

adjective

1. / without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
2. / calm; serene.

TACITURN

adjective

1. / inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

AKIMBO

Adjective; adverb

with hand on hip and elbow bent outward: to stand with arms akimbo.

In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward: children standing akimbo by the fence

PULPIT

noun

1. / a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
2. / the pulpit,
a. / the clerical profession; the ministry.

IMPUDENT

adjective

1. / characterized by impertinence (contemptuously rude) or effrontery (shameless boldness): The student was kept late for impudent behavior.

TKAM vocab LIST FOUR

DICTUM

–noun, plural -ta/-tums.

1. / an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
2. / a saying; maxim

SULKY

adjective

1. / brooding; sullen.
2. / gloomy or dull: sulky weather.

–noun

3. / a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage for one person.

FLORID

–adjective & flo⋅rid⋅i⋅ty, -noun, -ness -adverb, -ly

1. / reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
2. / flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing.

TEMERITY

–noun

reckless boldness; rashness

CONNIVE

–verb (-nived, -niv⋅ing) -noun, -nniver -adverb, -ivingly

1. / to cooperate secretly; conspire They connived to take over the business.
2. / to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak (usually fol. by at): The policeman connived at traffic violations.
3. / to be indulgent toward something others oppose or criticize (usually fol. by at): to connive at childlike exaggerations.

SQUALID

–adjective – noun, -ness &-ity -adverb, -ly

1. / foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
2. / wretched; miserable; degraded; sordid.

INDIGNANT

–adjective -adverb, -ly

feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.

IRASCIBLE

adjective - noun, -ibility, –adverb, ⋅cibly,

1. / easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man

IOTA

–noun

1. / a very small quantity; jot; whit.

FURTIVE

–adjective, -noun, -ness -adverb, -tively

1. / taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
2. / sly; shifty: a furtive manner.