Vocab 16 High School

Match the following

• banal

• involving or predicting disastrous, uncontrollable events

• apocalyptic

• a distinctive atmosphere or feeling that seems to surround someone or something; a distinctive appearance or impression

• belated

• lacking freshness; trite

• caliber

• degree of importance or excellence; the diameter of a bullet or inside of a gun barrel

• aura

• done too late; having been delayed beyond the usual time

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• convulse

• fully aware; taking notice

• cognizant

• to confuse or bewilder

• bemuse

• a feeling of embarassment or annoyance caused by having failed or being disappointed

• chagrin

• to shake or cause to shake suddenly and violently; an abnormal, strong and uncontrollable muscle seizure

• concatenation

• a joining or linking together of elements

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• expatriate

• a riddle whose answer is a play on words; a puzzle or problem that is difficult or impossible to solve

• contravene

• an order or decision which, according to its author, must be obeyed

• default

• to act against or be counter to

• conundrum

• failure to do what is required by duty or law; to fail to pay what or when one should

• decree

• one who leaves his or her country to live elesewhere

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• emblazon

• smelling very bad; stinking

• doldrums

• a helper or assistant with a wide range of duties and responsibilities

• factotum

• a condition of feeling sad, bored, or sluggish

• fetid

• short-lived; staying temporarily

• evanescent

• to inscribe or decorate conspicuously

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• infraction

• standing above others in worth, rank, or fame

• grandiose

• to influence or persuade; to bring about; to cause

• holocaust

• a violation or breaking of a rule

• induce

• a catastrophic event resulting in widespread loss of life; widespread destruction caused by fire

• eminent

• impressive because of large size or scope

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• intransigent

• freedom from concern; lighthearted lack of awareness

• minion

• refusing to compromise or change one's position on an issue

• insouciance

• a slavish follower, attendant, or supporter

• expend

• to come to an end; to die

• expire

• to use up; consume

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• sanguinary

• a person new at something; a beginner

• novice

• full of praise

• exponent

• dash or flamboyance in style or action

• laudatory

• a person who explains, interprets, or works to make something popular

• panache

• involving much bloodshed or killing

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• staccato

• broken up in short, sharp bursts

• spry

• an inclination; preference

• sybaritic

• moving with quickness and ease; lively

• predilection

• petty or insignificant; concerned with trifling matters

• picayune

• marked by extravagant pleasure and luxury

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• tenuous

• a truth that is so well known that it is almost unnecessary to say it

• thespian

• the quality of appearing true; depicting realism

• truism

• an actor or actress

• verisimilitude

• lacking substance, flimsy; not thick; slender; lacking density; thin

• promontory

• a high point of land that juts out into water