2017 Exam Vocab: English 10 Honors

of moderate or low quality

• tremulous
• gallant
• mediocre
• enigmatical

persistent, to the point of annoyance

• importunate
• ardent
• scrupulous
• scintillating

to overlook, pardon, forgive, approve

• condone
• allay
• coerce
• feign

a purging of emotions

• catharsis
• heresy
• fervor
• melancholy

scolding; yelling at

• berating
• quibbling
• remonstrating
• abhorring

cheerfully optimistic

• cadenced
• odious
• sanguine
• mediocre

mysterious; difficult to understand

• multifaceted
• insidious
• perpetual
• enigmatical

reduced or fallen into partial decay or ruin from age, wear, or neglect

• dilapidated
• corrugated
• perturbed
• audacious

to waste

• notarize
• instill
• conjectuer
• squander

expressing a subdued sadness

• cantankerous
• unmitigated
• auspicious
• plaintive