English II Vocab Words

Question 1

Odious (adj)

Answer 1

Hateful, evil or vile

Question 2

Odyssey (n)

Answer 2

A long, difficult, journey

Question 3

Ogle (v)

Answer 3

To share at in a disrespectful way

Question 4

Opaque (adj)

Answer 4

Difficult to see through, unclear or dark

Question 5

Oust (v)

Answer 5

To eject, banish or expel

Question 6

Permeate (v)

Answer 6

To spread or seep through; to penetrate or pervade

Question 7

Peruse (v)

Answer 7

To study or read over leisurly

Question 8

Pique (v)

Answer 8

To hurt or appease

Question 9

Placate (v)

Answer 9

To soothe or appease

Question 10

Plausible (adj)

Answer 10

Believable

Question 11

Poignant (adj)

Answer 11

Emotionally moving

Question 12

Preclude (v)

Answer 12

To make impossible or to shut out

Question 13

Pretentious (adj)

Answer 13

Quaint

Question 14

Quell (v)

Answer 14

To put an end to or to calm

Question 15

Quintessential (adj)

Answer 15

The most perfect example

Question 16

Raucous (adj)

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Boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly

Question 17

Reciprocal (adj)

Answer 17

Mutual, interchangeable or shared

Question 18

Reprehensible (adj)

Answer 18

Deserving of blame

Question 19

Rescind (v)

Answer 19

To cancel, take back or repeal

Question 20

Resilient (adj)

Answer 20

An ability to recover from or adjust easily

Question 21

Sardonic (adj)

Answer 21

Disdainful or mocking

Question 22

Scintillate (v)

Answer 22

To sparkle, to gleam, to be animated or brilliant

Question 23

Stoic (adj)

Answer 23

Indifferent to pleasure or pain; showing no emotion

Question 24

Stymie (v)

Answer 24

To get in the way of; to hinder or block

Question 25

Succinct (adj)

Answer 25

Concise, clearly expressed with few words

Question 26

Tedious (adj)

Answer 26

Boring or tiresome

Question 27

Thwart (v)

Answer 27

To prevent from being accomplished, to frustrate or hinder

Question 28

Tirade (n)

Answer 28

A long and angry speech

Question 29

Tout (v)

Answer 29

To brag publicly or praise highly

Question 30

Trite (adj)

Answer 30

Unoriginal, overused, cliched, or very common

Question 31

Trivial (adj)

Answer 31

Unimportant or insignificant

Question 32

Vapid (adj)

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Tasteless, or very dull

Question 33

Vehement (adj)

Answer 33

Intense, forceful or marked by strong feelings

Question 34

Verbose (adj)

Answer 34

Wordy

Question 35

Viable (adj)

Answer 35

Able to succeed, capable of living and growing

Question 36

Vilify (v)

Answer 36

To defame, to slander, to blacken the character

Question 37

Vivacious (adj)

Answer 37

Lively and spirited

Question 38

Zealot (n)

Answer 38

A person with great enthusiasm for something or a commitment to a cause

Question 39

Zenith (n)

Answer 39

The highest point

Question 40

Abscond (v)

Answer 40

To leave quickly and secretively

Question 41

Accolade (n)

Answer 41

Award or honor, high praise

Question 42

Acquit (v)

Answer 42

To find guilty

Question 43

Aggrieve (v)

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To distress or mistreat

Question 44

Ameliorate (v)

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To make better, to ease or improve

Question 45

Behemoth (n)

Answer 45

Something that is enormous or monstrous in size and power

Question 46

Besmirch (v)

Answer 46

To stain or soil (commonly referring to a reputation)

Question 47

Calumny (n)

Answer 47

Slander, deliberate false statements

Question 48

Capricious (adj)

Answer 48

Whimsical, fanciful or impulseive

Question 49

Clout (n)

Answer 49

Influence or a forceful blow

Question 50

Compunction (n)

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Remorse, feeling uneasy after having done something

Question 51

Contentious (adj)

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Argumentative over a point; quarrelsome

Question 52

Covet (v)

Answer 52

To wish for with envy

Question 53

Debacle (n)

Answer 53

A disaster or violent breakdown

Question 54

Dissipate (v)

Answer 54

To break up or to squander

Question 55

Ennui (n)

Answer 55

Boredom, listlessness, lack of intrest