English 10 Vocab

recalcitrant

• a false front

• wise

• rebellious

• endless

sagacious

• wise

• to understand and share feelings with another person

• angry at injustice

• to shock or excite into action

insidious

• fear of strangers and others who are culturally different

• a social outcast

• seemingly at random

• awaiting a chance to trap

facade

• to understand and share feelings with another person

• a raging fire

• evil or cruel

• a false front

empathy

• passionate and enthusiastic about something

• emotionally touching, especially heart-rending

• to understand and share feelings with another person

• well-meaning or kind

conformity

• following socially accepted standards

• rebellious

• to agree to; to give in to

• endless

acquiesce

• rebellious

• able to push through a struggle

• to agree to; to give in to

• a strong dislike for something

xenophobic

• fear of strangers and others who are culturally different

• a social outcast

• angry at injustice

• emotionally touching, especially heart-rending

pariah

• deeply religious

• endless

• empty of thought or meaning

• a social outcast

indifferent

• wise

• to understand and share feelings with another person

• have no interest or sympathy; unconcerned

• a natural liking for someone or something