AVID 11 & 12--SAT Vocabulary #6

a fixed or firm belief

bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent

great warmth and earnestness of feeling

lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy

disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish

to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course

a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression

bearing or capable of bearing offspring; abundantly productive

a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something

formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass; total; combined

to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor

capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

made commonplace or trite; stale; banal

not allowing light to pass through; hard to understand; not clear or lucid