Cumulative+Vocabulary+List

=**Cumulative SAT Vocabulary**=
 *  Cumulative Vocab List || [[file:lesson3vocabulary.xls]] || [[file:lesson6vocabulary.xls]] || [[file:lesson9vocabulary.xls]] ||
 * Coming Soon: Lesson 1 || [[file:lesson4vocabulary.xls]] || [[file:lesson7vocabulary.xls]] || [[file:lesson10vocabulary.xls]] ||
 * Coming Soon: Lesson 2 || [[file:lesson5vocabulary.xls]] || [[file:lesson8vocabulary.xls]] || [[file:AllStarVocabulary.xls]] ||

Vocabulary Words, Definitions and Sentences Please list words in alphabetical order To add rows to to the table, click on the table and then click on the table icon that appears. Select: row, then: add a row--add it above or below as appropriate

RED: Nouns GREEN: Verbs BLUE: Adjectives Chagrin || embarassment; a complete loss of courage || My best friend is always a chargin to me. || 2 || Star ||
 * Word || Definition || Example Sentence || Lesson ||
 * adroit || expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body; cleverly skillful ||  His new policies worked excellently, so John was thought of as an adroit leader.   || 7 ||
 * adulterate || to corrupt || The terrible liar of a man adulterated all of congress when he got elected. || 10 ||
 * aegis || a shield; protection || The life of the witness is under the aegis of the witness protection program. || 1 ||
 * affectation || displaying unnatural behavior/attitude or unnatural speech || The man's affectation made it so that he walked with a limp. || 7 ||
 * affluence || abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth || Just because of the affluence that the man had, made him belive as if he was better than anyone else. || 6 ||
 * altruism || a concern for others; generosity || The red cross always shows a great deal of altruism, in every world crisis they are on the scene in an instant and quick to help out. || 1 ||
 * amoral || not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral || The amoral boy sat in class cursing at the teacher. || 6 ||
 * amorphous || shapeless, formless, vague || In The Harry Potter series, voldemort seems to be amorphous because everytime he reappears he has a new body, || 1 ||
 * antipathy || a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion ||  || 6 ||
 * antithesis || an exact opposite; an opposite extreme || mark did the antithesis is what his momtold him || 2 ||
 * banal || commonplace; tired or petty || Students felt as if school was a banal place for them. || 6 ||
 * Bauble || a showy but useless thing || The ornament that my mother gave me was a bauble. || 2 ||
 * bedlam || a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion || After the Philies won the world series the tri state area went into bedlam, people were drinking, yelling and shouting, all because of the win. || 6 ||
 * besiege || to overwhelm; to surround and attack || During the war, the troops besieged the fort in attempts to make the enemy surrender. || 1 ||
 * Bestial || savage; brutal || I used to belive that all men were bestials, but then I realized that it was not true. || 2 ||
 * Bland || mild; tasteless; dull || The chicken that I had fr dinner last night was very bland. || 2 ||
 * boor || a rude or impolite person || If I brought a boor guy to my house, my father would not accept him. || 1 ||
 * bovine || oxlike; cowlike || The bovine animal is one of the strongest known to man. || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">callous || emotionally hardened || The callous man was not able to go to the dinner with his estranged family. || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">carrion || decaying flesh || Inside the morgue, the copious amounts of dead bodies and the distinct smell of carrion was enough to make anyone sick to their stomach. || 1 ||
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 * <span style="color: rgb(3,145,9);">defile || to make impure ||  || 10 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">denouement || the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel ||  || 6 ||
 * Diaphanous || very sheer and light || When i stepped ito the party, everyone stared at my diaphanous gown. || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(245,10,10);">diadem || something that adorns like a crown ||  || 10 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);"><span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">dichotomy || a division into two parts, kinds || the construction crew used the wall as a dichotomy to seperate the two rooms. || 7 ||
 * Effete || worn out; barren || All of my shoes had been effete, so I had to get new ones. || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(244,78,104);">disseminate || to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; ||  || All
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">elucidate || to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain || My father always tells me that I have to elucidate all my answers, because I am not always clear on subjects. || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(83,141,85);">emanate || to come out of from a source ||  || 10 ||
 * Emendation || a correction ||   || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">enervate || to weaken || Too much erasing may enervate the eraser. || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">ephemeral || lasting only a brief time; short lived ||  || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">erotic || pertaining to sexual love ||  || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">eschew || to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid ||  || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">factious || causing disagreement ||  || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">fatuous || inanely foolish || Standing in line for hours at a restaurant is considered to be fatuous by some people. || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">ferret || to search out, discover, or bring to light ||  || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">fervent || eager; earnest ||  || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(157,16,16);">fop || an excessively fashion-conscious man || We knew he was a fop after we saw him reading Vogue || 5 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(21,158,31);">gloat || to look at or think about with great satisfaction ||  || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(14,15,216);">garish || tastelessly showy; flashiness || The girl realized everyone was staring at her because of her garish outfit. || 10 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(242,58,58);">gumption || initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness || The man’s gumption attitude in college was able to let him get a good job as a criminal lawyer. || All Star ||
 * gratuitous || given unearned || Some call it gratuitous, but when I see a bum on the street I always try to give them a dollar, because if I were in that situation I would want help too. || 10 ||
 * hubris || arrogant, overly accesive pride || The hubris boy was so cocky about winning the competition he didnt focus on training and lost || All Star ||
 * idolatry || excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object || The priest accused them of idolatry for worshipping a statue. || 10 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">ignoble || dishonorable; shameful || After becoming an M.I.A. word of the soldier's dissertion reached back home, his family was disgraced by his ignoble action. || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">imminent || likely to occur at any moment; impending || After the gas pipe began leaking, the soldiers were expecting an imminent explosion to occur. || 6 ||
 * Impediment || a barrier; obstruction ||   || 2 ||
 * Impotent || lacking strength; powerless ||  || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(27,0,255);">impale || to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything pointed || During the battle the soldier ran out of ammunition, so he had to impale his enemies with a bayonet, leaving him utterly defenseless. || 3 ||  ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(198,16,16);">imprecation <span style="color: rgb(185,14,22);"> || a curse; * the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
 * a slanderous accusation || An imprecation was given to the family and all of its future offspring || 5 ||
 * immutable || unchangeable || The immutable statue was to be there forever. || 10 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">knell || a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure ||  || 7 ||
 * Labyrinth || a complicated network of winding passages; a maze || Rats can find their way through a labyrinth easier then through a maze. || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">laconic || using few words; expressing much in few words; concise || Some teachers are not laconic, instead they elaborate everything. || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">macroscopic || visible to the naked eye. || Some broken bones and muscle failures are macroscopic and able to be seen without a microscope. || 7 ||
 * Maelstrom || whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind ||   || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(211,13,13);">Masochist || someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment || In some situations, the men enjoy getting beaten and masochist. ||  ||
 * Nihilism || a total rejection of established laws ||   || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">obdurate || unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding ||  || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">onerous || burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship ||  || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">opulent || luxurious; wealthy || After winning the lottery I would begin to live an opulent lifestyle in which I could purchase anything and everything I ever wanted. || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">parody || a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing || During the election many comedians created parodies about the way the politicians talked and mocked their mannerisms. || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">patent || the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years || After Thomas Edison perfected the light bulb, he immediately got a patent for it since he allowed it to work for hours on end. || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">peccadillo || a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault. || Getting a bad grade was not just a peccadillo to the students parents. || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">perspicacity || keeness of judgment ||  || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">peruse || to read through with thoroughness or care: //to peruse a report// || When people are at a doctors office, they like to peruse through some of the magazines on the tables. || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(217,18,18);">quiddity || the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing. ||  || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(200,9,9);">quagmire || 1. a bog 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult ||  || 8 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">rationalize || to employ reason or invent plausible explanations for acts or opinions ||  || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(221,14,14);">raiment || clothing; attire || Her fancy raiment was appropriate, because she was meeting the Queen of England. || 9 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,105,28);">rectify || to correct; to make right || You have to rectify your paper and edit it before you turn it in. || 1 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">sagacious || having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd ||  || 7 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">scurrilous || grossly or obscenely abusive ||  || 6 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(18,11,244);">sedulous || diligent in application or attention; persevering ||  || 6 ||   ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(21,0,255);">shard || a fragment || After the bomb exploded shards of the bomb scattered for meters, until it someone or fell to the ground. || 2 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(255,3,0);">Vignette || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter. || All Star Vocab ||   ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(31,142,26);">Blanch || to whiten by removing color; bleach || Her face was blanch when she saw her dead husband's corpse laying next to her on her bed. || 9 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(56,61,159);">Eclectic || selecting or choosing from various sources || Bob had an eclectic taste in music, he listened to any and every genre. || 9 ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(88,72,203);">Sapient || having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment || The sapient English teacher constantly gave students good advice. || 9 ||

Please list words by part of speech and in alphabetical order. Altruism Boor Carrion Perspicacity || Besiege Enervate Fervent Rectify || Amorphous Ephemeral Erotic Facitious Ignoble Opulent ||  || Bauble Chagrin Emendation Impediment Labyrinth Maelstrom Nihilism Shard || Gloat || Bestial Bland Diaphanous Effete Impotent ||  || Cataclysm Optimum || Deviate Impale Extenuate Glower Edify Importune || Bona Fide Adventitious Fecund Obfuscate Parochial Ambiguous ||  || Demeanor Hedonism Obloquy || Recapitulate || Baroque Celibate Facetious Fortuitous Sadistic ||  || Imprecation Non Sequitur Panegyric Quandary Deference Elegy || Bowdlerize Impair || Sanguine Ebullient Carnal Nebulous Rakish Pedantic ||  || Bedlam Affluence Parody Denouement || Elucidate Peruse Eschew || Imminent Banal Obdurate Scurrilous Sedulous Onerous Amoral ||  || Dichotomy Peccadillo Quiddity || Ferret Knell Patent Rationalize || Adroit Bovine Callow Fatuous Laconic Macroscopic Sagacious ||  || Censure Martinet Neologism Quagmire || Deride Gambol Gibe Immolate || Agape Grotesque Hackneyed Imperious Olfactory Recondite || Agape || Harbinger Hybrid Idiosyncrasy Machination Raiment || Blanch || Chimerical Eclectic Grandiose Heterogeneous Nubile Pejorative Sapient ||  || Diadem Idolatry Onus Sedition || Adulterate Defile Emanate || Bucolic Garish Gratuitous Immutable Impecunious Impious Redolent ||  || Vocabulary** || Empathy Gumption Hiatus Hubris Malapropism Milieu Paradigm Proletariat Savant Vignette || Delineate DIgress Disseminate Elicit Juxtapose Ratiocinate || Aesthetic Empirical Redundant Salient ||  || Lesson 6 Vocabulary: antipathy- a natural reaction to an event elucidate- to make clear, to throw light upon imminent- likely to occur at any moment banal- commonplace; tired or petty obdurate- unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding. peruse- to read or examine something in great detail bedlam- a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion. affluence- abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth. scurrilous- grossly or obscenely abusive parody-any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc. sedulous- diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous. onerous- oppressive, troublesome, burdensome, cause hardship amoral- not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral. eschew- avoid, abstain or keep away from denouement- the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
 * || **Noun** || **Verb** || **Adjective** || **Adverb** ||
 * **Lesson 1** || Aegis
 * **Lesson 2** || Antithesis
 * **Lesson 3** || Pedestrian
 * **Lesson 4** || Debacle
 * **Lesson 5** || Fop
 * **Lesson 6** || Antipathy
 * **Lesson 7** || Affectation
 * **Lesson 8** || Carcinogen
 * **Lesson 9** || Finesse
 * **Lesson 10** || Caveat
 * **All Star

Lesson 7 Vocabulary: (and while you are here---do some work to the page, it DESPERATELY needs it.) adroit- having or showing skill in a situation affectation- displaying unnatural behavior/attitude or unnatural speech bovine- having cow or oxen characteristics callow- immature, lacking sophistication dichotomy- having contradictory qualities or the division of groups fatuous- inanely foolish ferret- to hunt or force from hiding knell- indication of a failure or a slow bell ringing laconic- the use of minimal words macroscopic- able to be seen by the naked eye patent- to make something open to public opinion peccadillo- a minor offence quiddity- a definition point of something; whatever makes it what it is rationalize- to think through and make a logical decision sagacious- having keen judgment

Lesson 8 Vocabulary: agape-in a state of wonder or amazement carcinogen- a substance or agent causing cancer censure- an official reprimand deride- to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule gambol- to skip about in play gibe- to deride or tease with taunting words grotesque- odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. hackneyed- lacking in freshness or originality immolate- to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a sacrificial victim imperious- domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing martinet- someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules. neologism- a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase. olfactory- of or pertaining to the sense of smell quagmire- 1. a bog 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult recondite- dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter

Lesson 9 Vocabulary: blanch- to whiten by removing color; bleach chimerical- unreal; imaginary eclectic- selecting or choosing from various sources finesse- skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; adroit grandiose- affectedly grand or important; complicated harbinger- anything that foreshadows a future event; omen heterogeneous- composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents hybrid- anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds idiosyncrasy- a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual machination- The act of plotting nubile- (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, esp. in regard to age or physical development; marriageable pejorative- having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force raiment- clothing; apparel; attire sapient- having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment
 * masochist (previously missing word)** - someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment

Lesson 10 Vocabulary: adulterate- to corrupt bucolic- typical of rural life caveat- legal warning defile- to make impure diadem- something that adorns like a crown emanate- to come out from a source garish- clothed in vivid colors; tastelessly showy gratuitous- given unearned idolatry- worshipping of a physical object immutable- incappable of change impecunious- having little or no money impious- lacking proper respect onus- arguable necessity redolent- full of fragrance sedition- resistance of lawful authority

All Star Vocabulary: (last vocab quiz--20 words) delineate- to describe in detail juxtapose- to place side by side paradigm- oustandingly clear gumption-initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness milieu- physical or social setting malapropism- unintentionally humurous savant- someone with specialized knowledge empathy- understanding of another's feelings redundant- repeatedly elicit- draw forth or bring out aesthetic- pertaining to beauty empirical-derived from experiment/observation not theory ratiocinate- to reason or think salient- Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding. hiatus- A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break hubris- arrogance; over excessive pride. proletariat- laboring class disseminate- To distribute or spread something, especially information. digress- To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray vignette- picture or running ornament