Vocabulary 12 Seniors

1. DEF: a revelation; sudden knowledge or insight

• catharsis

• epiphany

• maxim

• compunction

• pulchritude

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2. DEF: physical beauty

• pulchritude

• consternation

• hubris

• propensity

• asperity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

3. DEF: to enjoy; take pleasure in

• contrive

• rhapsodize

• expiate

• revel

• prognosticate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

4. DEF: displaying superiority; patronizing

• innocuous

• risible

• wizened

• assiduous

• condescending

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

5. DEF: shriveled or withered from age or illness

• archaic

• wizened

• replete

• contemptuous

• lugubrious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

6. DEF: facial features

• panacea

• vestige

• axiom

• physiognomy

• compunction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

7. DEF: a cure-all; a remedy for all diseases

• perquisite

• preamble

• panacea

• scapegoat

• umbrage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

8. DEF: a tendency

• coterie

• propensity

• anomaly

• sepulcher

• umbrage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

9. DEF: an uneasiness caused by guilt; a qualm

• iniquity

• pulchritude

• accoutrement

• flippancy

• compunction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

10. DEF: a tomb or burial chamber

• sepulcher

• majordomo

• umbrage

• panacea

• toady

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E