VOCABULARY 3

meticulous-adj- careful about details, fussy

VOCABULARY 24

EFFERVESCENT~adj~ bubbly, producing bubbles; full of energy

AGOG~adj~ highly excited by eagerness

CONTRABAND~n~ goods smuggled into or out of a place where they are illegal

PORCINE~adj~ resembling a pig, related to a pig

EBULLITION~n~ a sudden violent outburst

VERSLIBRIST~n~ a writer of free-verse

INCIPIENT~adj~ beginning

INSIPID~adj~ dull, bland

NEBBISH~n~ a timid, meek, or ineffectual person

RAPSCALLION~n~ rascal

ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS................


PRODIGIOUS~adj~ enormous in size or quantity; amazing

UNFLEDGED~adj~ not fully developed, immature

WARREN~n~ a place where rabbits live; a crowded tenement

BENIGHTED~adj~ being in a state of intellectual darkness, ignorant

TYRO~n~ a beginner, a novice


EXTRA CREDIT!!!!!!!!!
versicle-n- a short verse
peckniffian-adj- unctuously hypocritical
swank-adj- full of life or energy
floccinaucinihilipilification-n- an estimation of something as worthless, the act or habit of describing or regarding something as worthless
slugabed-n- a person who stays in bed after usual or proper time to get up

ALL VOCABULARY!

FOR ALL OF YOU LAZY STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CARPING......CARPING CARPING CARPING....... COPY AND PRINT THIS FOR YOUR STUDY GUIDE!

VOCABULARY 11:
ingenuous-adj- innocent; sincere

altruistic-adj- selfless

arduous-adj- difficult, hard

venal-adj- open to bribery or corruption

capricious-adj- changeable, whimsical

sycophant-n- flatterer, suck-up

vacuous-adj- stupid or inane, devoid of meaning

ungainly-adj- awkward, clumsy

quell-v- to suppress or quiet by force

strident-adj- loud, harsh, doscordant, grating



additional words for honors:


cherubic-adj- angelic, innocent

meddlesome-adj- interfering

reprisal-n- retaliation

ebullient-adj- enthusiastic

dogged-adj- stubborn and persevering

VOCABULARY 12

CIRCUMSPECT-ADJ- careful, cautious
HISTRIONIC-ADJ- over-acting, melodramatic, theatrical
DEBILITATE-V- to weaken, to sap the strength of
GESTICULATE-V- to make gestures, especially when speaking
DISMANTLE-V- to take apart
BUCOLIC-ADJ- pastoral, rural, rustic
ENERVATE-V- to weaken or destroy the strength of
EVANESCENT-ADJ- fleeting, gradually disappearing
DIDACTIC-ADJ- instructive, meant to teach
GARNER-V- to collect

and all you honors students can add on the following:

SQUANDER-V- to waster, to use extravagantly
PANDEMIC-ADJ- epidemic over a large region
GRUELING-ADJ- exhausting, difficult
BELLIGERENT-ADJ- war-like, ready to fight
LURID-ADJ- shocking and sensational; glowing through flames

Vocabulary 13
BELLICOSE-adj- war-like, quarrelsome
The bellicose 6th graders kept on hitting eachother and calling eachother names during recess.
ABJURE-v- to renounce; to avoid or shun
It might be a good idea to adjure your peers when they make bad decisions
INGRATIATE-v- to get on someone's good side, to make oneself acceptable
If you want to get a good grade, you may want to ingratiate your teacher by bringing her a valentine.
JUDICIOUS-adj- wise, careful, showing good judgement
The judicious student always looked before crossing the street, didn't drive after midnight, and never did drugs.
LEVITY-n- lightness, lack of seriousness
The professor shouwed such levity with his lecture that the students were unable to take it seriously.
CORROSIVE-adj- acidlike, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic
To corrosive liquid destroyed the marble countertop.
PARIAH-n- an outcast
Social pariahs, although they are often quiet and keep to themselves, can often be some of the smartest students.
STENTORIAN-adj- extremely loud
Every class has a stentorian student, you know, the one who doesn't shut up and will stop at nothing to be heard.
OBVIATE-v- to anticipate and prevent
Vaccinations can obviate the dangers of childhood diseases.
RETROGRESS-v- to move backward, to return to an earlier condition
Students who don't study or do their homework often retrogress instead of making progress

additional words for honors.........

BROWBEAT-v- to bully, to intimidate
If you want to browbeat on of your friends, you could say mean things, treat them poorly, or even spit on them
BRAZEN-adj- insolent, rude
The brazen secretary repeatedly rebuffed all questions the patients had and eventually ignored them altogether.
JUBILATION-n- rejoicing, celebration
The end of year jubilation included silly string, cleaning out of lockers, and LOTS of candy.
REPREHENSIBLE-adj- deserving blame
The student who burned all copies of The Catcher in the Rye was reprehensible and was punished appropriately.
WAGGISH-adj- mischievous
The waggish student was always sllipping in and out of class with a sly grin on his face.

VOCABULARY 14

And now that you've thoroughly enjoyed my cartoon (HA HA HA!), here are the words:

RECLUSE-n- a person who lives alone and away from others

FARRAGO -n- a careless or confused mixture, a hodge-podge

VERNACULAR -n- standard, everyday language; common, idiomatic

UNGUENT -n- ointment; salve for wounds

SUCCINT -adj- concise, clearly said in a few words

TACITURN-adj- habitually untalkative, uncommunicative

TOUT-v- to promote or praise energetically

UNIMPEACHABLE-adj- beyond doubt, beyond reproach

VIABLE-adj- able to live or exist

WANTON-adj- immoral; deliberately cruel and malicious


additional 5 for honors classes:

PRATTLE -v- babble, chatter

METTLE -n- courage, spirit

GREGARIOUS -adj- sociable

ENMITY -n- ill-will, hatred

VEXATIOUS -adj- full of annoyance or distress; harassed, intended to vex or annoy






VOCABULARY 15


INVETERATE-ADJ- long standing; habitual
I am an inveterate nailbiter; i've been doing it since i was four years old.

MULTIFARIOUS-ADJ- having great variety; numerous and diverse
When you get to college, there are multifarious courses to choose from, unlike the limited options available in high school.

RENEGADE-N- an outlaw, a traitor, a deserter
I've always wanted to be a renegade, but i'm afraid of being hunted down and arrested.

RUMINATE-V- to meditate, to think at length
I have a tendency to ruminate too much about me life instead of just living in the moment.

CARPING-ADJ- complaining
Your carping about having to read every day and write stories and sit in your seats and listen to me is REALLY getting on my nerves. Suck it up and deal!

CLAIRVOYANT-N, ADJ- having exceptional insight; a person with exceptional insight (a psychic)
I am tempted to visit a clairvoyant to find out what my future holds.

PANOPLY-N- 1. A splendid array 2. warrior's armor
We discovered a panoply of old dolls on a hidden table at a nearby garage sale; I scooped them all up.

LOLL-V- to lounge, to act in a lazy manner
Sometimes i think that i'd rather loll around all day watching TV and eating chocolate insted of teaching. Then i come to my senses.

COMPUNCTION-N- remorse, regret
I feel no compunction about punching you in the nose. You can't kiss my boyfriend behind my back!

DISPARAGE-V- to discredit, to belittle
The student disparaged me my calling me a loser with bad hair who can't even teach.

ADIITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS CLASSES:

COMELY-ADJ- attractive and agreeable
Because I am SO comely, all the fella want a date with me; it's those cantankerous girls with warty shins and bloody eyeballs that have trouble getting dates.

ASKEW-ADJ- crooked, slanted
We had always suspected he wore a toupe, but when he came in with his hair quite askew one windy day, we knew for sure it was a rag.

PRESAGE-V- foretell
The vultures flying overhead presaged the discovery of the corpse.

UNCOUTH-ADJ- outlandish and rude
I refused to bring my uncouth boyfriend to dinner at my prim and proper granma's house. He is more suited for been and peanuts at a biker bar.

GOSSAMER-ADJ- sheer, like cobwebs
The gossamer veil softened her face and made her look like a dream on her wedding day.

VOCABULARY 16
INSIDIOUS~adj~ sneaky, sly, meant to deceive or entrap, treacherous

ENGENDER~v~ to cause or exist or to develop; produce

EXACERBATE~v~ to make worse, to make more violent

GIBE~v~ to mock or ridicule
~n~ an expression of scorn or derision

GARRULOUS~adj~ tiresomely talkative, wordy and rambling

ALACRITY~n~ cheerful willlingness, eagerness

IMPLAUSIBLE~adj~ difficult to believe, provoking disbelief, not plausible

PHLEGMATIC~adj~ having or showing a slow and stolid temperament, having a sluggish temperament, unemotional

CONSECRATE~v~ to decleare or set apart as sacred, dedicated to a sacred purpose

LISTLESS~adj~ lack of interest, energy, or spirit, lethargic


ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS...............

PREVARICATE~v~ to lie, to stray from or evade the truth

EXTOL~v~ to praise highly, exalt, glorify or honor

BEFUDDLE~v~ to confuse, perplex

YEN~n~ strong desire or inclination, a yearning or craving

MUTINOUS~adj~ rebellious, unruly, turbulent, uncontrollable

VOCABULARY 17

INSIDIOUS~adj~ sneaky, sly, meant to deceive or entrap, treacherous

ENGENDER~v~ to cause or exist or to develop; produce

EXACERBATE~v~ to make worse, to make more violent

GIBE~v~ to mock or ridicule
~n~ an expression of scorn or derision

GARRULOUS~adj~ tiresomely talkative, wordy and rambling

ALACRITY~n~ cheerful willlingness, eagerness

IMPLAUSIBLE~adj~ difficult to believe, provoking disbelief, not plausible

PHLEGMATIC~adj~ having or showing a slow and stolid temperament, having a sluggish temperament, unemotional

CONSECRATE~v~ to decleare or set apart as sacred, dedicated to a sacred purpose

LISTLESS~adj~ lack of interest, energy, or spirit, lethargic


ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS...............

PREVARICATE~v~ to lie, to stray from or evade the truth

EXTOL~v~ to praise highly, exalt, glorify or honor

BEFUDDLE~v~ to confuse, perplex

YEN~n~ strong desire or inclination, a yearning or craving

MUTINOUS~adj~ rebellious, unruly, turbulent, uncontrollable


VOCABULARY 18

TACTLESS -adj- having no skill in dealing with people; rude; insensitive

THWART -v- to stop something from happening; to hinder. oppose, or frustrate

UNOBTRUSIVE -adj- not noticeable; inconspicuous, seeming to belong

VICARIOUS adj- fantasized

WHET -v- to increase, sharpen, stimulate

ADMONISH -v- to caution or warn, to criticize or warn midly but firmly

AMBIVALENCE -n- indecision, experiencing contradictory emotions

ASSUAGE -v- to soothe, make less severe, to satisfy, ease, lessen

BLITHE -adj- cheerful, carefree

CATALYST -n- something which causes reactions in other things without being affected itself

ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS..........


BLANDISHMENT -n- flattery, sweet talk

COEVAL -adj- of the same or equal age, or duration, originating or existing during the same period

MOLLIFY -v- appease, calm, to pacify

PRETEXT -n- a false reason put forth to hide the real one

RECTIFY -v- to correct, to straighten, amend, revise, set right

VOCABULARY 19

CLANDESTINE -adj- secret

INVECTIVE -n- abuse (verbal)

DEFERENCE -n- great respect

INVEIGLE -v- to lead astray, OR..... to wheedle (which means cajole, or beg and beg and beg until you get what you want

DISPARITY -n- lack of equality, difference

EFFACE -v- to wipe out, to erase

EMENDATION -n- correction of errors, improvement

POTABLE -adj- suitable for drinking

TRUNCATE -v- to cut the top off

GRATUITOUS -adj- freely given; unnecessary, uncalled for, negative



ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS.....


BENEFICENT -adj- kindly, good

IMPROVIDENT -adj- not thrifty

INVIDIOUS -adj- designed to create ill-will or envy

MEIN -n- demeanor, bearing, the way you carry yourself

RAMSHACKLE -adj- rickety, falling apart


VOCABULARY 20

UNFEIGNED~ADJ~ GENUINE, REAL

INADVERTENT~ADJ~ ACCIDENTAL, UNINTENTIONAL

INSCRUTABLE~ADJ~ IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND

SEDULOUS~ADJ~ DILIGENT, HARD-WORKING

LUCID~ADJ~ CLEAR, UNDERSTANDABLE

VITUPERATIVE~ADJ~ ABUSIVE, SCOLDING

PARTISAN~ADJ~ ONE-SIDED, PREJUDICE; COMMITTED TO ONE PARTY

PLACATE~V~ TO SOOTHE OR PACIFY

ICHTHYOLOGY~N~ THE STUDY OF FISH

QUANDARY~N~ DILEMMA



ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS:


BASTION~N~ FORTRESS, DEFENSE, STRONGHOLD

COMPLICITY~N~ PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT

MALINGERER~N~ ONE WHO PRETENDS TO BE SICK TO GET OUT OF RESPONSIBLITY

TOADY~V~ TO FLATTER FOR FAVORS

VENTURESOME~ADJ~ BOLD, DARING


VOCABULARY 21

REFURBISH~V~ to make like new

RESPITE~N~ intercal of rest, a break

SCOFF~V~ to mock or make fun of

SPORADIC~ADJ~ occuring irregulary

SUMPTUOUS~ADJ~ lavish, costly, extravagant

TALON~N~ claw

TIRADE~N~ long, angry scolding speech

UNSCATHED~adj~ unharmed

VILIFY~V~ to defame or slander

WITHER~V~ to dry up or shrivel

ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS!!!!!


POLEMIC~N~ controversy, argument supporting a point of view

MUTABLE~ADJ~changing in form

GLOWER~V~scowl

BANDY~V~discuss lightly

UNWITTING~ADJ~ unintentional

VOCABULARY 23

IMPLACABLE~ADJ~ NOT ABLE TO BE SATISFIED OR PACIFIED; UNYEILDING, RELENTLESS

AMELIORATE~V~ TO MAKE BETTER, TO IMPROVE

BOMBASTIC~ADJ~ USE OF IMPRESSIVE SOUNDING LANGUAGE WITH LITTLE MEANING

CATHARSIS~N~ EMOTIONAL PURIFICATION OR RELIEF

ATROPHY~V~ TO WASTE AWAY

CLEMENCY~N~ MERCY, MILDNESS

PEJORATIVE~ADJ~ NEGATIVE, UNFAVORABLE

PROWESS~N~ BRAVERY; SKILL, ADEPTNESS

DEVOID~ADJ~ ENTIRELY WITHOUT; LACKING

TRUCULENT~ADJ~ FIERCE AND CRUEL, BRUTAL, SAVAGE

AdDiTiOnAl 5 FoR HoNoRs ClAsSeS!!!!!!!!


QUAGMIRE~N~ BOG, MARSH

BADINAGE~N~ TEASING CONVERSATION

DESULTORY~ADJ~ AIMLESS, JUMPING AROUND

INIQUITOUS~ADJ~ UNJUST, WICKED

SMATTERING~N~ SMALL AMOUNT


VOCABULARY 24

EFFERVESCENT~adj~ bubbly, producing bubbles; full of energy

AGOG~adj~ highly excited by eagerness

CONTRABAND~n~ goods smuggled into or out of a place where they are illegal

PORCINE~adj~ resembling a pig, related to a pig

EBULLITION~n~ a sudden violent outburst

VERSLIBRIST~n~ a writer of free-verse

INCIPIENT~adj~ beginning

INSIPID~adj~ dull, bland

NEBBISH~n~ a timid, meek, or ineffectual person

RAPSCALLION~n~ rascal

ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS................


PRODIGIOUS~adj~ enormous in size or quantity; amazing

UNFLEDGED~adj~ not fully developed, immature

WARREN~n~ a place where rabbits live; a crowded tenement

BENIGHTED~adj~ being in a state of intellectual darkness, ignorant

TYRO~n~ a beginner, a novice

VOCABULARY 25

SNARKY~ADJ~ IRRITABLE, SHORT-TEMPERED

PAUCITY~N~ SCARCITY, SMALL AMOUNT

FIDDLE-FOOTED~ADJ~ EXCITABLE OR NERVOUS; INCLINED TO WANDER

FREEBOOTER~N~ A PERSON WHO PILLAGES AND PLUNDERS, ESPECIALLY A PIRATE

QUERULOUS~ADJ~ FAULT-FINDING, COMPLAINING

FLEER~ V/N ~ V~TO LAUGH OR SMIRK IN DERISION; N~ A TAUNTING LOOK OR GIBE

RETICENT~ADJ~ NOT SAYING MUCH, ESPECIALLY ABOUT SELF

SCRUPULOUS~ADJ~ HONEST, CONSCIENTIONS, CAREFUL ABOUT DETAILS

SPURIOUS~ADJ~ COUNTERFEIT, FALSE

SUPERCILIOUS~ADJ~ PROUD AND SCORNFUL, HAUGHTY, LOOKING DOWN ON

ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS:

ADULATION~N~ FLATTERY, ADMIRATION

AFFABLE~ADJ~ COURTEOUS, PLESANT

ANTIPATHY~N~ AVERSION, DISLIKE

CEREBRATION~N~ THOUGHT

PRATE~V~ TO SPEAK FOOLISHLY, TO BOAST IDLY

VOCABULARY 26~ LAST ONE!

tangential~adj~ touching on a subject; diverging or digressing

trepidation~n~ apprehension, dread, fear

untenable~adj~ can't be defended or maintained

vindictive~adj~ revengeful, unforgiving, bitter

folderol~n~ foolishness, nonsense

aesthetic~adj~ artistic, showing appreciation of beatuty

analogous~adj~ comparable, similar

dodger~n~ a shifty, dishonest person, a trickster

buffoon~n~ a clown, a fool

caustic~adj~ stinging, biting


ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS:

virulent~adj~ extremely poisonous

wary~adj~ very cautious

protract~v~ to prolong

puerile~adj~ childish

maelstrom~n~ whirlpool

VOCABULARY 26~ LAST ONE!

tangential~adj~ touching on a subject; diverging or digressing

trepidation~n~ apprehension, dread, fear

untenable~adj~ can't be defended or maintained

vindictive~adj~ revengeful, unforgiving, bitter

folderol~n~ foolishness, nonsense

aesthetic~adj~ artistic, showing appreciation of beatuty

analogous~adj~ comparable, similar

dodger~n~ a shifty, dishonest person, a trickster

buffoon~n~ a clown, a fool

caustic~adj~ stinging, biting


ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS:

virulent~adj~ extremely poisonous

wary~adj~ very cautious

protract~v~ to prolong

puerile~adj~ childish

maelstrom~n~ whirlpool

C2 VOCABULARY 11

ingenuous-adj- innocent; sincere

altruistic-adj- selfless

arduous-adj- difficult, hard

venal-adj- open to bribery or corruption

capricious-adj- changeable, whimsical

sycophant-n- flatterer, suck-up

vacuous-adj- stupid or inane, devoid of meaning

ungainly-adj- awkward, clumsy

quell-v- to suppress or quiet by force

strident-adj- loud, harsh, doscordant, grating



additional words for honors:


cherubic-adj- angelic, innocent

meddlesome-adj- interfering

reprisal-n- retaliation

ebullient-adj- enthusiastic

dogged-adj- stubborn and perservering

VOCABULARY 25

SNARKY~ADJ~ IRRITABLE, SHORT-TEMPERED

PAUCITY~N~ SCARCITY, SMALL AMOUNT

FIDDLE-FOOTED~ADJ~ EXCITABLE OR NERVOUS; INCLINED TO WANDER

FREEBOOTER~N~ A PERSON WHO PILLAGES AND PLUNDERS, ESPECIALLY A PIRATE

QUERULOUS~ADJ~ FAULT-FINDING, COMPLAINING

FLEER~ V/N ~ V~TO LAUGH OR SMIRK IN DERISION; N~ A TAUNTING LOOK OR GIBE

RETICENT~ADJ~ NOT SAYING MUCH, ESPECIALLY ABOUT SELF

SCRUPULOUS~ADJ~ HONEST, CONSCIENTIONS, CAREFUL ABOUT DETAILS

SPURIOUS~ADJ~ COUNTERFEIT, FALSE

SUPERCILIOUS~ADJ~ PROUD AND SCORNFUL, HAUGHTY, LOOKING DOWN ON



ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS:


ADULATION~N~ FLATTERY, ADMIRATION

AFFABLE~ADJ~ COURTEOUS, PLESANT

ANTIPATHY~N~ AVERSION, DISLIKE

CEREBRATION~N~ THOUGHT

PRATE~V~ TO SPEAK FOOLISHLY, TO BOAST IDLY



EXTRA CREDIT~

eleemosynary~adj~ of, relating to, or depending on charity

fideism~n~ relying on faith alone rather than science or philosophy in religion

look-in~n~ a short visit

snarf~v~ to eat or drink eagerly, to devour

collywobbles~n~ bellyache

17 MAY UPDATE

WOW, there's only a month of school left!!!!! Which means that some of you will have your mind on things other than your FAVORITE english class. wait, it's your only english class!

SO, JUST TO REVIEW:

C1 CLASSES...THIS MEANS YOU H AND B!
WE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE TWO PIECES OF WRITING FROM YOU THIS QUARTER..........THE LAST ONE OF THE YEAR IS DUE ON June 5 or 6, depending when your class meets.


Also, you've just finished your book chats, good job!


HONORS CLASSES...A AND F!
WE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THREE PIECES OF WRITING FROM YOU THIS QUARTER............THE LAST ONE OF THE YEAR IS DUE ON June 5 or 6, depending when your class meets.


ALL CLASSES, please remember that dialogue journals are still due each and every Thursday your class meets........TWO entries! don't get behind!


P.S. NO MORE CHEATING OR PLAGIARIZING...................OR ELSE!

C2 VOCABULARY 10

IF YOU ARE NOT IN A C2 CLASS, LOOK BELOW FOR VOCABULARY 24!!!!!!!!!! YOU MAY BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, GEE, I THINK I MAY HAVE ALREADY HAD THESE WORDS! YOU DID!

MOROSE~adj~ gloomy, bad tempered

PAINSTAKING~adj~ very careful

NEFARIOUS~adj~ extremely wicked, evil

PRECLUDE~v~ to prevent or make impossible

PROVINCIAL~adj~ unsophisticated, countrified

RECALCITRANT~adj~ unmanageable, refusing to follow rules

RESCIND~v~to cancel, repeal, or take back

JUXTAPOSE~v~ to place side by side to compare or contrast

FECUND~adj~ fruitful, productive, intellectually productive

SUBSTANTIATE~v~ to support with proof, to verify


extra 5........
DOLT~n~ a stupid person

AGAPE~adj~ open-mouthed

IMPECCABLE~adj~ perfect, flawless

RESPLENDENT~adj~ brilliant, lustrous

PERORATE~v~ to lecture or give a sermon

VOCABULARY 23

IMPLACABLE~ADJ~ NOT ABLE TO BE SATISFIED OR PACIFIED; UNYEILDING, RELENTLESS

AMELIORATE~V~ TO MAKE BETTER, TO IMPROVE

BOMBASTIC~ADJ~ USE OF IMPRESSIVE SOUNDING LANGUAGE WITH LITTLE MEANING

CATHARSIS~N~ EMOTIONAL PURIFICATION OR RELIEF

ATROPHY~V~ TO WASTE AWAY

CLEMENCY~N~ MERCY, MILDNESS

PEJORATIVE~ADJ~ NEGATIVE, UNFAVORABLE

PROWESS~N~ BRAVERY; SKILL, ADEPTNESS

DEVOID~ADJ~ ENTIRELY WITHOUT; LACKING

TRUCULENT~ADJ~ FIERCE AND CRUEL, BRUTAL, SAVAGE






AdDiTiOnAl 5 FoR HoNoRs ClAsSeS!!!!!!!!



QUAGMIRE~N~ BOG, MARSH

BADINAGE~N~ TEASING CONVERSATION

DESULTORY~ADJ~ AIMLESS, JUMPING AROUND

INIQUITOUS~ADJ~ UNJUST, WICKED

SMATTERING~N~ SMALL AMOUNT


eXtRa CrEdIt:

singultous~n~ hiccup

vulpine~adj~ related to a fox; foxy, crafty

kakistocracy~n~ government by the least qualified or most nuprincipled citizens

abaction~n~ stealing of cattle on a large-scale

hypermnesia~n~ abnormally vivid or complete memory of the past

C2 VOCABULARY 10

MOROSE-adj-gloomy and bad tempered

PAINSTAKING-adj-very carefule, attentive

NEFARIOUS-adj-wicked, evil

PRECLUDE-v-to prevent

PROVINCIAL-adj-unsophisticated, countrified

RECCALCITRANT-adj-unmanageable, refusing to follow rules

RESCIND-v-to take back, cancel, appeal

JUXTAPOSE-v-to place side by side to compare or contrast

FECUND-adj-fertile, productive

SUBSTANTIATE-v-to support with proof or verify