Vocabulary+Q2

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Vocabulary List 6 - Quarter 2


 * **Study Guide: Iolani School Elective Vocabulary List 6** ||

2 **aesthetic** //adj. pertaining to beauty.// The building lacks aesthetic appeal. //2. attractive.// Softer lines make the new design more aesthetic. //n. a theory of art.// The Japanese aesthetic influenced Western artists. 3 **aloof** //adj. emotionally distant, as from disdain.// She has been aloof ever since I hurt her feelings. 4 **anoint** //vt. 1. to rub with oil, as in a ritual. 2. to induct into office.// A new bishop was anointed. 5 **arduous** //adj. difficult.// Building the pyramids was an arduous task. 6 **asylum** //n. shelter, refuge.// The nation refused to provide asylum for terrorists. 7 **banal** //(buh-NAL// or //BANE-ul) n. trite.// The soap opera actress grew weary of banal love stories. 8 **blasphemy** //n. disrespect toward God or something held sacred.// To members of the pop star’s fan club, any criticism of their idol was sheer blasphemy. 9 **candor** //n. frankness or outspokenness.// Her candor hurt some people’s feelings. 10 **chicanery** //(shi-CANE-ery) n. trickery, deception.// In //Huck Finn// the king and duke practice chicanery. 11 **coalition** //n. alliance, as in business or politics.// The labor unions agreed to form a coalition. 12 **complicity** //n. partnership, esp. in crime.// She was suspected of complicity in the drug ring. 13 **condone** //vt. to overlook without disapproval.// The school does not condone cheating. 14 **contemporary** //adj.// //1. modern.// She is a traditionalist, but my tastes are more contemporary. //2. existing at the same time.// The Han dynasty was contemporary with the Roman Empire. //n. one that is of the same age as another.// Pavlov and Freud were contemporaries. 15 **creditor** //n. one to whom a debt is owed.// Their creditors sued to recover their loan. 16 **culinary** //(cul-// or //kyool-) adj. pertaining to cooking.// The chef shared his culinary secrets. 17 **deleterious** //adj. unexpectedly harmful.// The new drug turned out to have deleterious effects. 18 **deride** //vt. to ridicule.// Skeptics derided the proposal with noisy laughter. 19 **diffident** //adj. hesitant to speak: shy.// Teachers tried to draw out the diffident child. 20 **disdain** //n. scorn.// Snobs feel disdain for common people. //vt. scorn.// Snobs disdain common people. 21 **divert** //vt. 1. to amuse by distracting.// His pranks diverted the class. //2. to turn aside.// An emergency diverted my attention to urgent needs. 22 **ebullient** //(e-BULL-yent) adj. exuberant, enthusiastic.// He was ebullient when he won the lottery. 23 **elusive** //adj. hard to catch or understand.// Defenders could not tackle the elusive running back. 24 **engender** //vt. to bring into being.// Ignorance engenders prejudice. 25 **entrepreneur** //n. (ON-truh-pruh-nuhr) one who organizes and assumes the risks for a business or enterprise.// A born entrepreneur, he started a neighborhood business as a schoolboy. 26 **evocative** //adj. stirring emotion or imagination.// The evocative music made me nostalgic for home. 27 **expatriate** //vt. to withdraw from one’s native land.// He expatriated himself from his war-torn land. //adj. living abroad.// We met expatriate Americans in Italy. //n. one who lives abroad.// 28 **facilitate** //vt. to help bring about; to make easier.// The translator facilitated the negotiations. 29 **finesse** //n. skillful handling.// He had the finesse to get his own way without hurting anyone’s feelings. //vt. to maneuver subtly.// He can always finesse his way out of trouble. 30 **fraudulent** //adj. deceitful.// The company was sued for making fraudulent claims in its ads. 31 **grovel** //vi. to creep; to humble oneself shamefully.// He grovels before teachers begging for grades. 32 **immutable** //adj. unchanging.// According to many a song, true love is immutable. 33 **inaudible** //adj. too soft to hear.// Their whispers were inaudible to others. 34 **incongruous** //(in-CONG-grew-us) adj. incompatible; not harmonious.// The pink ribbon seemed incon-gruous on a pit bull. 35 **indolent** //adj. lazy, unfeeling.// He spent the summer on the couch in an indolent state. 36 **insoluble** //adj. 1. having no solution.// The insoluble case stumped police. //2. impossible to dissolve.// 37 **inviolable** //adj. secure from violation, disrespect, or trespass.// His sense of honor is inviolable. 38 **labyrinth** //n. a maze.// To the tourist, the subways in Tokyo seemed a baffling labyrinth. 39 **lugubrious** //adj. exaggeratedly mournful.// His lugubrious retirement speech was embarrassing. 40 **maverick** //n. 1. an independent individual who does not go along with a group.// He was a political maverick who often angered fellow Democrats. //2. an unbranded range animal.// 41 **mitigate** //vt. to make milder; to relieve.// He begged the judge to mitigate the harsh sentence. 42 **odious** //adj. deserving hatred.// Drug traffic is an odious business. 43 **overt** //adj. obvious; out in the open.// There were no overt signs of discontent. 44 **patter** //n. 1. chatter.// Her patter on her cell phone irked her father. //2. fast, practiced talk, as of a salesman or comedian. 3. a series of patting sounds. vi. 1. to chatter. 2. to make a patting sound.// 45 **pillage** //vt. to loot.// Pirates pillaged seacoast towns. //n. 1. the act of looting. 2. loot.// 46 **precipice** //(PRESS-uh-pess) n. cliff.// A steep precipice makes the mountain hard to climb. 47 **propound** //vt. to offer for consideration.// He propounds a plan for improving our school system. 48 **pungent** //adj. biting and sharp in odor.// The pungent onion fumes made my eyes water. 49 **raconteur** //(RACK-on-TER) n. a clever storyteller.// The raconteur kept his fellow diners amused. 50 **reciprocate** //vt. to give and take mutually; to return in kind.// We should reciprocate her courtesy. 51 **redress** //n. compensation.// He sued for redress of the wrongs he had suffered. //vt. to set right or repay.// Society can never fully redress the wrongs of the past. 52 **repository** //n. something that stores.// My grandfather is a repository of precious family history. 53 **restriction** //n. restraint, confinement, limit.// The law places restrictions on fishing. 54 **retraction** //n. an act or statement that takes back or withdraws.// The politician demanded a retraction of his rival’s insulting statements. 55 **sagacious** //adj. like a sage: wise.// A sagacious judge of character, he could tell I was lying. 56 **sectarian** //adj. 1. of a sect (a dissenting religious group).// Sectarian conflicts divided the church. //2. limited or narrow-minded.// Their sectarian point of view does not represent the whole nation. 57 **sluggard** //n. someone lazy and slow-moving.// The sluggard in our lab group held us all up. 58 **stagnate** //vt. not flowing in a stream; not advancing.// She felt she was stagnating in her dull job. 59 **stupefy** //vt. to stun, astonish.// I was stupefied when a clumsy benchwarmer won the MVP award. 60 **sycophant** //n. (SICK-uh-fent) an obsequious, self-seeking flatterer.// Sycophants praised the star athlete. 61 **terminate** //vt. to bring to an end.// We terminated our partnership. //vi. to end.// The lease terminates soon. 62 **transient** //n. passing through or away quickly.// The transient tourist population does not vote. 63 **vestige** //n. a trace of what is gone.// Petroglyphs are vestiges of ancient Hawaiian civilization. 64 **vindictive** //adj. vengeful or spiteful.// Vandalizing his rival’s home was a vindictive act. 65 **whimsical** //adj. stirred by sudden fanciful notions: capricious.// Her moods were whimsical. ||
 * 1 **accessible** //adj. able to be reached; available.// I tried to reach the website, but it was not accessible.