Semester 1: Vocabulary Test

Adulation

• Excessive admiration or flattery.
• Continued difficulty or misfortune.
• Neighborly, exhibiting goodwill.
• Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.

Adversity

• A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
• Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
• Continued difficulty or misfortune.
• Concerned with the appreciation of beauty.

Aesthetic

• A short, amusing story about a real incident or person.
• Concerned with the appreciation of beauty.
• Worthy of imitation, commendable.
• Neighborly, exhibiting goodwill.

Amicable

• Hidden, not identified by name.
• Worthy of imitation, commendable.
• Causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
• Neighborly, exhibiting goodwill.

Anecdote

• A short, amusing story about a real incident or person.
• Causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
• Hidden, not identified by name.
• Worthy of imitation, commendable.

Anonymous

• Worthy of imitation, commendable.
• A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
• Hidden, not identified by name.
• A person who vehemently opposes another.

Exasperation

• A factor lessening the seriousness of an offense.
• Hidden, not identified by name.
• A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
• Able to withstand and recover from difficult conditions.

Exemplary

• Marked by wisdom and judiciousness.
• Able to withstand and recover from difficult conditions.
• Thrifty, frugal.
• Worthy of imitation, commendable.

Extenuating

• A factor lessening the seriousness of an offense.
• Having a red, flushed complexion.
• Causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
• Thrifty, frugal.

Florid

• Successful in material terms, flourishing.
• Having a red, flushed complexion.
• Marked by wisdom and judiciousness.
• A person who vehemently opposes another.