English III Vocabulary 1-3

embarrassment; a complete loss of courage

• boor

• chagrin

• aegis

• perspicacity

dishonorable; shameful

• impotent

• diaphanous

• ignoble

• bestial

to turn aside from a course; to stray

• obfuscate

• deviate

• extenuate

• glower

as violent change

• maelstrom

• cataclysm

• emendation

• chagrin

a shield; protection

• cataclysm

• antithesis

• maelstrom

• aegis

eager; earnest

• fervent

• ephemeral

• ignoble

• factious

a total rejection of established laws

• nihilism

• impediment

• shard

• cataclysm

to overwhelm; to surround and attack

• deviate

• obfuscate

• besiege

• impale

lasting only a brief time; short-lived

• parochial

• ephemeral

• ambiguous

• optimum

a showy but useless thing

• shard

• maelstrom

• bauble

• emendation