Vocab Semester 1 Review

tending to overcome the distrust or animosity; having or regaining a pleasant behavior

severe criticism or reprimand; punishment inflicted to correct

to make easier to endure, lessen, or mitigate

excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion

lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity

devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite

an instance of the use of irrelevant language to evade a point; petty argument

talking or tending to talk much or freely; garrulous; wordy

a scolding or a long and intense verbal attack

to establish by proof or competent evidence

to supply with anything to excess; to satisfy to the full

to expand by stretching as by something hollow or elastic; to swell

to prove to be false or erroneous

dependent on circumstances beyond one's control, uncertain; dependent on the will of another

characterized by great knowledge; learned; scholarly

severe in manner and appearance; uncompromising; strict

obvious and intentional exaggeration

a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation; a long vehement speech

to make favorably inclined or to appease

to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of, to embitter the feelings of or irritate

evaporating rapidly; tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive

Caused by or showing sincere remorse; filled by a sense of guilt

open to having several possible meanings; having two or more structural descriptions

not permitting penetration or passage; incapable of being injured or impaired

wastefully or recklessly extravagant; lavish

an inference from something that is known; an estimation

to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific use; to take possession of

to overcome with fear, intimidate, to lessen the courage of; dishearten

to trace the outline of; to represent pictorially; to portray in words

impassable, not permitting passage

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn, persistently penitent

wariness of body and/or mind; oppressive climate; lack of energy; indolent indifference

dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject material

apparently good or right though lacking in real merit; superficially pleasing

having the quality or tendency to permeate; spread throughout

watchful; being on one's guard against danger

a natural inclination or tendency; favorable disposition or partiality

smallness of quantity, scarcity of number; insufficiency

to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately create an incorrect impression

to sink to a lower level; to become quiet, less active, or less violent

sluggish inactivity or inertia; lethargic indifference; apathy

capacity for producing a desired result or effect

pertaining to a sense of the beautiful

to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; to throw into confusion

free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid, sincere, naive

causing or tending to cause sleep; characterized by sleep; drowsy

to grow or develop quickly; flourish

one who pretends illness in order to avoid work

selecting or choosing from various sources

lasting a very short time; transitory; lasting but one day